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The tomato is now grown worldwide for its edible , with thousands of having been selected with varying fruit types, and for optimum growth in differing growing conditions. Cultivated tomatoes vary in size from , about the same 12 cm size as the wild tomato, up to beefsteak tomatoes 10 cm or more in diameter. The most widely grown commercial tomatoes tend to be in the 56 cm diameter range. Most cultivars produce red fruit; but a number of cultivars with yellow, orange, pink, purple, green, black, or white fruit are also available. Multicolored and striped fruit can also be quite striking. Tomatoes grown for are often elongated, 79 cm long and 45 cm diameter; they are known as Plum Tomatoes.

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Though it is botanically a , a subset of , the tomato is nutritionally categorized as a (see ). Since "vegetable" is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in a plant part being a fruit botanically while still being considered a vegetable.

Tomatoes are used extensively in cuisine, especially and cuisines. The tomato is ; this acidity makes tomatoes especially easy to preserve in home whole, in pieces, as , or paste. is often canned and sold as a ; Unripe green tomatoes can also be , used to make , or pickled.