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Tomato

Tomato
Clay toy tomato, Palugama, Sri Lanka, 1900–1980s

This is a toy tomato made of clay. We usually eat tomatoes as if they were vegetables, but actually they are fruit. That is because they grow from the base of the flower and contain seeds.

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