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English Dictionary: tomatoes by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
      American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
      The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum
      esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
      called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened
      form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
      yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
  
      {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass
            of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of
            grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with
            red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
            ({Lasioptera vitis}).
  
      {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato
            worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
            also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
  
      {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
            ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds
            upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often
            doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}.
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