transcription, транскрипция: [ tə-ˈmā-(ˌ)tō; chiefly Brit, eNewEng, neVirginia, and sometimes elsewhere in cultivated speech ]
-ˈmä-; chiefly Northern -ˈma- noun
( 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 South 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