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pomato|pəʊˈmɑːtəʊ, -ˈeɪtəʊ|
[f. potato + tomato.]
A name used by Luther Burbank (1849–1926), American horticulturist, for the fruit of a hybrid potato, which resembled a tomato; later used to designate the result of attempts to hybridize the potato and the tomato, by grafting or other methods. Also attrib.
1905Century Mag. Mar. 668/1 The ‘pomato’, one of the most wonderful creations, now under way. This may be called a tomato growing upon a potato. It produces in abundance a white, fragrant, succulent, delicious fruit upon potato tops. 1914L. Burbank in J. Whitson et al. L. Burbank: his Methods & Discoveries II. ix. 283 As the fruit grew on a hybrid potato vine, and in itself had much the appearance of a tomato, it was christened the ‘Pomato’. The name..led to the unauthorized assumption that the fruit was really a cross between the tomato and the potato. In point of fact, I have never been able to cross these two plants. Ibid. 284 The pomato plant produced fruit abundantly, but very few tubers. 1971New Scientist 27 Apr. 263 (caption) Protoplasts of potato and tomato are fused... These cells are then cultured, and from them are grown embryoids and eventually whole ‘pomatoes’. At the moment, research has got as far as the protoplast-fusion stage. 1976Nat. Geographic Sept. 388/1 ‘Pomatoes’—hypothetical vegetables with the fruit-bearing foliage of a tomato and the tuberous roots of a potato. To some botanists, it is just a matter of time until almost any type of plant can be hybridized with another. 1980Garden CV. 46/2 Am I the only person who doesn't grow pomatoes? |