Are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable?!


Question: Are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable!?
Answers:
It's a fruit, but it has nothing to do with growing on a tree vs!. growing in the ground!.

More precisely, fruits are the product of a pollinated flower!. When a flower is pollinated, it begins to produce a fruit, which encases the seeds, which allow the plant to reproduce!.

Apples, oranges, tomatoes, squash, eggplant, peppers!.!.!.all fruit!.

Vegetables are generally the non-fruit portion of any plant that is consumed as food!.

The only gray area is the flowers of a plant!. Some consider it a third category!. Examples of flowers include broccoli and cauliflower!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They are a fruit!. Technically, they grow on a tree, not in the ground!. Hence, a fruit, not a vegetable, such as a carrot or a potato!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I always consider them a vegetable, but, they really are a fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

peppers, zucchini, and pumpkin are all fruit, too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Most consider it a veggie, but it's really a fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Techically a fruit, but I really hate tomatoes in my fruit salads! Www@FoodAQ@Com

well its a fruit in sciece!.!.!.!. but i think as if its a veggie
please answer my question
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yes both ( morph a dites !?!.!?) from space
Who do you work for!.!.!.!?!?

If these people let the secret out
OH my your in trouble!.!.
you will keep seeing these hints to look at the dictionary
Ohhhhh man spookieWww@FoodAQ@Com

Everyone knows its a fruit - it has seeds! The one people don't know is that cucumber is a fruit!. xWww@FoodAQ@Com

Veggiii


Im shureWww@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit - hence the seeds!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit!Www@FoodAQ@Com

in middles east we consider it a vegatableWww@FoodAQ@Com

they are a savory fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com

fruit,just doesn't taste like other fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com

fruit :DWww@FoodAQ@Com

fruit
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fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com

fruit, because it has seedsWww@FoodAQ@Com





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