Sentence:  In common parlance <WSD>tomatoes</WSD> are vegetables, as the Supreme Court observed long ago [see "Nix v. Hedden" 149 U.S. 304, 307, 13 S.Ct. 881, 882, 37 L.Ed. 745 (1893)], although botanically speaking they are actually a fruit. ["26 Encyclopedia Americana" 832 (Int'l. ed. 1981)]. Regardless of classification, people have been enjoying <WSD>tomatoes</WSD> for centuries; even Mr. Pickwick, as Dickens relates, ate his chops in "tomata" sauce. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.