tomato

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On trope theory, properties are assayed not as universals but as particulars: the redness of a tomato is as particular, as unrepeatable, as the tomato.

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  1. noun A widely cultivated South American plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.
  2. noun The fruit of this plant.
  3. noun Slang A woman regarded as attractive.

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  • On trope theory, properties are assayed not as universals but as particulars: the redness of a tomato is as particular, as unrepeatable, as the tomato. —  Divine Simplicity
  • But suppose George Edward is hallucinating a similar tomato, and there is a tomato-shaped red patch in his visual field just as there is in Ludwig's. —  Representational Theories of Consciousness
  • Perhaps what I took for a tomato was really a reflection; perhaps I am even the victim of some hallucination. —  Neutral Monism
  • Since the labor cost of picking a tomato is a tiny percent of the cost of the tomato, you could probably double their pay and the cost of the tomato would go up a couple of cents. —  Latest Articles
  • Oh, but the tomato might be a problem. —  CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2006
 

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  1. Alteration of Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl.

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  1. Formerly also tomata; =F. tomate, from Spanish Portuguese tomate, from Mexican tomatl, a tomato.
 

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/təˈmɑtoʊ/
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