pomato

US /pəˈmeɪtoʊ/ UK /pəˈmɑːtəʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a grafted plant bearing both potatoes and tomatoes

The novelty pomato produced tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.

Thesaurus

Word family

Related forms potato tomato

Etymology

A 20th-century blend (portmanteau) of potato and tomato, naming a grafted plant that bears both; tomato is from Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl, and potato from Spanish patata, from Taino batata.

Topics

Plants & Agriculture

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# pomato

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˈmeɪtoʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈmɑːtəʊ/

## Meanings
1. a grafted plant bearing both potatoes and tomatoes

## Examples
- The novelty pomato produced tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.

## Related Forms
- potato
- tomato

## Etymology
A 20th-century blend (portmanteau) of potato and tomato, naming a grafted plant that bears both; tomato is from Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl, and potato from Spanish patata, from Taino batata.

## AI Etymology
Pomato is a 20th-century blend (portmanteau) of potato and tomato, naming a grafted plant that bears both; tomato is from Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl, and potato from Spanish patata, from Taino batata. Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a grafted plant bearing both potatoes and tomatoes. The wider family includes related words such as potato and tomato.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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