Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?!
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The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks!. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit!. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless)!. Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut!. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example!. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking!. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable, and a bean pod is also technically a fruit!. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come!. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example!. So a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant, but can be used as a vegetable in cooking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I have answered this question before, and the answer will continue to be the same!.
I get extremely irritated when people say, "it's a fruit, because fruits have seeds!." Duh!. Vegetables have seeds too!. Peppers have seeds, or haven't you noticed!?
Yes, botanically, the tomato is a fruit!. also, botanically, the pepper is a fruit!. If you were actually a botanist instead of just someone making a flimsy argument, you would know that!. It is the fruit portion of a plant, just as there is a leaf portion, and a flower portion, and so forth!. Merriam Webster's dictionary defines fruit as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant!." So, technically, anything that grows from a seed-producing plant is a fruit!. As stated previously, that includes peppers!. Why does no one debate whether peppers are a fruit or a vegetable!?
If you look at a botanical diagram of a tomato plant,
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you will see the tomato labeled as a fruit!.
If you look at the botanical diagram of a pepper plant (which incidentally is closely related to a tomato plant, as they are both members of the nightshade family) it will also show the pepper labeled as a fruit!.
Merriam Webster's dictionary says that a cayenne pepper is "hot pepper; especially : any of several cultivated peppers of a variety (Capsicum annuum longum) with very long twisted pungent red fruits!."
Pungent red fruits!. Pungent red what!? Fruits!. That's right!.
Tomatoes are both the fruit portion of a plant, and a vegetable!. If you are referring to a tomato because you are having a botanical discussion, it would be referred to as a fruit!. Sure!. How many people have botanical discussions!. For anything NOT referring to the botanical portions of a plant, the tomato is a VEGETABLE!. If you are referring to a tomato as a fruit, you should be referring to a pepper as a fruit also!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I get extremely irritated when people say, "it's a fruit, because fruits have seeds!." Duh!. Vegetables have seeds too!. Peppers have seeds, or haven't you noticed!?
Yes, botanically, the tomato is a fruit!. also, botanically, the pepper is a fruit!. If you were actually a botanist instead of just someone making a flimsy argument, you would know that!. It is the fruit portion of a plant, just as there is a leaf portion, and a flower portion, and so forth!. Merriam Webster's dictionary defines fruit as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant!." So, technically, anything that grows from a seed-producing plant is a fruit!. As stated previously, that includes peppers!. Why does no one debate whether peppers are a fruit or a vegetable!?
If you look at a botanical diagram of a tomato plant,
http://universe-review!.ca/I10-22a-anatom!.!.!.
you will see the tomato labeled as a fruit!.
If you look at the botanical diagram of a pepper plant (which incidentally is closely related to a tomato plant, as they are both members of the nightshade family) it will also show the pepper labeled as a fruit!.
Merriam Webster's dictionary says that a cayenne pepper is "hot pepper; especially : any of several cultivated peppers of a variety (Capsicum annuum longum) with very long twisted pungent red fruits!."
Pungent red fruits!. Pungent red what!? Fruits!. That's right!.
Tomatoes are both the fruit portion of a plant, and a vegetable!. If you are referring to a tomato because you are having a botanical discussion, it would be referred to as a fruit!. Sure!. How many people have botanical discussions!. For anything NOT referring to the botanical portions of a plant, the tomato is a VEGETABLE!. If you are referring to a tomato as a fruit, you should be referring to a pepper as a fruit also!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Botanically, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant: therefore it is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry!. However, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and, from a culinary standpoint, it is typically served as part of a salad or main course of a meal, as are vegetables, rather than at dessert, as are fruits!. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Tomato#Bota!.!.!.
Tomatoes stuffed with meat salad
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http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Tomato#Bota!.!.!.
Tomatoes stuffed with meat salad
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think tomatoes in vegetables because The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant!. The tomato is native to Central, South, and southern North America from Mexico to Argentina!. It is a perennial, often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual, typically reaching to 1–3 m (3 to 10 ft) in height, with a weak, woody stem that often vines over other plants!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I was taught that it's a fruit served like a vegetable!. Fruits are supposed to have edible seeds and a high water and fructose content!. Vegetables have seeds that are not normally eaten!.
This whole theory breaks down if you look at the watermellon!. Definitely classified as a fruit but the seeds are not normally eaten!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
This whole theory breaks down if you look at the watermellon!. Definitely classified as a fruit but the seeds are not normally eaten!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Fruits, because of the way they grow!. The easy way to remember it is that anything with seeds is a fruit!. But in all technicality a fruit is the ripened ovary of a flower, which ripens when the ovules inside have been fertilized!.
But in the world of buying fruits and veggies, they tend to classify them depending on tatse!. I guess so that the grocery store ignorant won't buy a tomato and expect it to be sweet when they call it a fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
But in the world of buying fruits and veggies, they tend to classify them depending on tatse!. I guess so that the grocery store ignorant won't buy a tomato and expect it to be sweet when they call it a fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A fruit definately
1!. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, esp!. the widely cultivated species L!. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable!.
2!. the fruit itself!.
3!. Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive!. a girl or woman!.
Wasn't aware of that last definition!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
1!. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, esp!. the widely cultivated species L!. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable!.
2!. the fruit itself!.
3!. Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive!. a girl or woman!.
Wasn't aware of that last definition!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Botanically, a fruit
but
Legally, a vegetable
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but
Legally, a vegetable
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Nix_v!._Hedd!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Tomatos are not fruits but these are vegetables!.It depends upon you to use it as fruits or vegetables!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
From a botinist standpoint, a tomato is a fruit!.
That's not an opinion, it's simple science!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
That's not an opinion, it's simple science!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It's a vegetable a think but this a big issue in oxford see http://www!.askoxford!.com/asktheexperts/f!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
They are fruits but usually eaten in a salad!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
vegetable, fruits dont go well with hamburgersWww@FoodAQ@Com
It is definatly a fruit!. Most vegtables don't have seeds like fruits do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The same fruit they are each time this same question is asked - numerous times each dayWww@FoodAQ@Com
They are considered a fruit because they have seeds!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
the tomato is really a fruit!. they call it the "love apple"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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