If a tomato is technically a fruit then what is rhubarb?!
surely if the same rule applies then it must be a vegetableWww@FoodAQ@Com
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Botanically speaking, rhubarb is considered a vegetable, but it's most often treated as a fruit!.
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A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, Lycopersicon esculentum), is not really a plain old fruit!. It's a solanaceous herb!. True is it is closer "related" to what we commonly classify as a fruit but strictly speaking it is not!.It is a solanaceous herb!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
When did you last pluck a rhubarb off a bush!? It's a vegetable!. Rhubarb, if left to its own devices will flower and produce seeds!. These could be called fruit, but not the stems!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
An herb!.
Fruit ripens after being picked!.
Vegetables rot after being picked!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Fruit ripens after being picked!.
Vegetables rot after being picked!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Don't have an answer!. sorry!.
But both are delicious, whichever group they are classified inWww@FoodAQ@Com
But both are delicious, whichever group they are classified inWww@FoodAQ@Com
No seeds = vegetable!.
Seeds = fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com
Seeds = fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com
rhubarb is a vegetable as it has no seedsWww@FoodAQ@Com