The tomato is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry eaten as a vegetable. It is a member of the nightshade family, which also includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originated in western South America and may have been domesticated there, in Mexico, or in Central America, and the Spanish introduced it to Eurasia during the Columbian exchange in the sixteenth century. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Tomato (Wikipedia)
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The tomato (US: , UK: ; Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable.
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3. Wikipedia: Tomato
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It originated from western South America, and may have been domesticated there, in Mexico, or in Central America.
4. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ23501, descriptionView the Source 5. Wikidata: Tomato
Child Taxon Of: Solanaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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