Tomato for tomato sauce (4)

I believe the answer is:

roma

(Other definitions for roma that I've seen before include "Travelling people" , "capital for > gypsy men" , "Italian Rome" , "Members of a nomadic people" , "Travellers; Italian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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