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Tomato
A tomato is the edible berry of the tomato plant.

TomatoesEtymology
The word tomato comes from the Spanish tomate, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word tomatl meaning 'swelling fruit'; also 'fat water' or 'fat thing'. The native Mexican tomatillo is tomate. When Aztecs started to cultivate the fruit to be larger, sweeter and red, they called the new variety xitomatl ('plump with navel' or 'fat water with navel').

• They originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America.
  • The Aztecs used tomatoes in their cooking at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
  • After the Spanish encountered the tomato for the first time after their contact with the Aztecs, they brought the plant to Europe, in a widespread transfer of plants known as the Columbian exchange.
  • From there, the tomato was introduced to other parts of the European-colonized world during the 16th century.
  • The earliest reference to tomatoes being grown in British North America is from 1710, when herbalist William Salmon reported seeing them in what is today South Carolina. They may have been introduced from the Caribbean.
  • By the mid-18th century they were cultivated on some Carolina plantations and in general they were grown more as ornamental plants than as food.
  • Thomas Jefferson, who ate tomatoes in Paris, sent some seeds back to America.

TomatoesTomatoes are fruits
They are botanically classified as berries. However they are commonly used culinarily as a vegetable ingredient. It is considered a "culinary vegetable" because it has a much lower sugar content than culinary fruits.

• Tomatoes are a significant source of umami flavor.
• Numerous varieties of the tomato plant are widely grown in temperate climates across the world, with greenhouses allowing for the production of tomatoes throughout all seasons of the year.
• Tomato plants typically grow to 3-10 feet high.
• They are vines that have a weak stem that sprawls and typically needs support.
• Tomato plants are perennials in their native habitat, but are cultivated as annuals.
• The size of the tomato varies according to the cultivar, with a range of 1/2-4 inches.
• A raw tomato is 95% water.

The heaviest tomato harvested weighed 7 lb 12 oz, was of the cultivar "Delicious", and was grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma in 1986.

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