Tomato is it a fruit or veg?!
Tomato is it a fruit or veg?
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I say veg...hubby says fruit...oh great now you have started a war!..lol
Fruit; more specifically a berry
If you want to read more about tomatoes, there is a link below.
fruit
Scientifically, it is a fruit. Although its molecular structure is extremely close to that of a vegetable.
Fruit. Here is what Webster gives as it definition in case you were curious.
1 : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of an herb (genus Lycopersicon) of the nightshade family native to South America
2 : a plant that produces tomatoes; especially : one (Lycopersicon esculentum syn. L. lycopersicum) that is a tender perennial widely cultivated as an annual for its edible fruit
totamo is a delcious fruit that tastes like a vegetable =|
It is officially a fruit that is used and processed as a Vegatable!
Legally the tomato is classified as a fruit. This was done back in 20's or 30's so it could be shipped at a cheaper rate. It is used in cooking as a vegetable. Check the local library as to the history of the Tomato it's very long.
This is a question asked by many people. yes a tomato is a fruit. all fruits have seeds, so does a tomato, veggys dont have seeds
an example is a peach is a fruit it has one big seed, a strawberry has seeds so its a fruit. none of the veggys have seeds. so fruits have seeds veggys dont if ur questioning any other foods cut it open and find out! hope i helped.
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shelbster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tomato#myth...
fruit...
its a fruit
A vegetable. <*-*>
a round vegetable with bright-red, occasionally yellow, skin and pulpy seedy flesh. It grows like fruit on climbing plants and is widely eaten cooked or raw.
Tomatoes are fruits.