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Definition: Lycopersicum esculentun
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.
[1913 Webster]
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
(
Manduca quinquemaculata,
Protoparce quinquemaculata,
Sphinx quinquemaculata, or
Macrosila quinquemaculata)
which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato
plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also
tomato hornworm and
potato worm, and in the Southern
U. S.
tobacco fly.
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