pomato

English

Etymology

Blend of potato +‎ tomato

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəˈmeɪtəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pəˈmeɪtoʊ/, /pəˈmeɪtə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ

Noun

pomato (plural pomatoes)

  1. A plant produced by grafting a tomato plant and a potato plant, producing cherry tomatoes on the vine and potatoes under the ground.
    Synonyms: potomato, topato
    • 1983, Water-related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/semiarid Lands:
      Combinations such as "pomatoes" do not have commercial value now, but investigators hope that closer crosses may.

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poˈma.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: po‧mà‧to

Adjective

pomato (feminine pomata, masculine plural pomati, feminine plural pomate)

  1. (heraldry) botonny
    Synonym: pomettato
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