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tomatoes

  • plural
    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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They cut lettuce and tomatoes every morning instead of the night before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mitchell Yerxa and his family run a 3,500-acre farm in California’s Sacramento Valley that grows 16 crops, including tomatoes, walnuts and rice.

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

Dmyterko lines up jars of gherkins and tomatoes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Just as we reached the house, Mama turned to Daisy and said, “Why don’t you go to the garden and pick some fresh tomatoes and cucumbers? We’ll have them for dinner.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls