tōmato
1. (noun) tomato.
Nā ngā wai o te Nāera, ka tipu he kai mā rātau, he kūmara, he tōmato, he rērihi, he rētihi, he kāpeti, he witi, he merengi, he kānga me ētahi tū momo kai, maha atu (HP 1991:202). / Because of the waters of the Nile they were able to grow kūmara, tomatoes, lettuces, radishes, cabbages, wheat, melons, corn and many other types of produce.
tōmato rākau
1. (loan) (noun) tamarillo, tree tomato, Solanum betaceum - a small tree that bears the tamarillo, an egg-shaped edible fruit.
Ka tīkarohia mai te puru o te tōmato rākau, ka ruiruia ki te huka, kātahi ka kainga (PK 2008:725). / The pulp of the tamarillo is scooped out, sprinkled with sugar, then eaten.
2. (noun) silvery sand grass, Spinifex sericeus - a native plant of the sand dunes with silvery, grassy leaves covered in silky hairs. Seeds are on large spiky balls which are released from the female plants in late summer.
See also kōwhangatara
Synonyms: kōhangatara, turikākoa, kōwhangatara
3. (noun) ridge dividing the rows of pākati carving pattern.
