catfacing
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Having scars and a misshapen surface on a fruit, usually tomatoes, from poor pollination or pests
- adjective
- /ˈkætˌfeɪsɪŋ/
- Jargon
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deforme
- The farmer sorted out the catfacing tomatoes before sending the best ones to market.
Examples
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The tomatoes in my garden are catfacing this season.
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Fruit with catfacing is often safe to eat but looks unusual.
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Gardeners try to prevent catfacing by protecting plants from cold weather during flowering.
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Look at that catfacing on these fruits!
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The farmer sorted out the catfacing tomatoes before sending the best ones to market.
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Fruit with catfacing is often safe to eat but looks unusual.
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Gardeners try to prevent catfacing by protecting plants from cold weather during flowering.
How Damaged
Surface Forms
catfacing positive
Morphology
Etymology
Catfacing comes from the same idea of a cat 'face' on the fruit, a helpful picture to remember the word. As an adjective, catfacing describes fruit that is scarred or misshapen in that way.