1. red fruit: a round fruit with bright-red skin and pulpy seedy flesh, eaten cooked or raw as a vegetable
2. tomato plant: a climbing plant that produces tomatoes and is grown throughout the world, in northern regions usually in greenhouses. Native to: South America. Genus Lycopersicon.
3. offensive term: an offensive term for a woman who is considered sexually desirable
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dated slang
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[Early 17th century. Alteration of Spanish tomate< Nahuatl tomatl]
Tomato can be pronounced two ways, and both are correct: /tə máytō, tə mtō, /.
