tomatoes

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of tomato.
  tomato

  noun

  any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.

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tomatoes

“There is everything in the perfect bite,” Moore said of the vaunted marriage of ground beef, shredded cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and rich sour cream in a corn shell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Processing tomatoes — those used in products such as canned diced tomatoes and ketchup — are also fetching lower prices than they did a few years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

His firm offers growers crop predictions for strawberries and also raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and tomatoes.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

With mounting Russian attacks on the capital, his family is in "constant stress" and he tries to distract himself by planting tomatoes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

She made the best tuna sandwiches with tomatoes.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

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