n.
Pronunciation: t ə - ' m ā -( ˌ )t ō ; chiefly Brit, eNewEng, neVirginia, and sometimes elsewhere in cultivated speech - ' mä-; chiefly Northern - ' ma-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -toes
Etymology: alteration of earlier tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl
Date: 1604
1 : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of an herb (genus Lycopersicon ) of the nightshade family native to So. America
2 : a plant that produces tomatoes especially : one ( Lycopersicon esculentum syn. L. lycopersicum ) that is a tender perennial widely cultivated as an annual for its edible fruit