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tomatoes |
1 definition found 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["o]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["o]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["o]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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