Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?!
Botanically speaking, anything that bears seeds is a fruit. The fruit forms
from the reproductive part of the plant, i.e., the flower. The ovary of the
flower becomes the fruit and inside the seeds form. So a tomato comes from
the flower and inside are the seeds. So it is a fruit. A nut is a seed and
the shell is the fruit. Anything from a part of the plant that is not the
flower is vegetative, i.e., does not reproduce. So leaves, stems and roots
are vegetables. So lettuce, carrots and potatoes are vegetables.
Answers: its a fruit
Botanically speaking, anything that bears seeds is a fruit. The fruit forms
from the reproductive part of the plant, i.e., the flower. The ovary of the
flower becomes the fruit and inside the seeds form. So a tomato comes from
the flower and inside are the seeds. So it is a fruit. A nut is a seed and
the shell is the fruit. Anything from a part of the plant that is not the
flower is vegetative, i.e., does not reproduce. So leaves, stems and roots
are vegetables. So lettuce, carrots and potatoes are vegetables.
I say vegetable but everyone else says fruit.
It is classified as a Fruit
Classified as a fruit.
Why do I say that?? Check out the link below and see under "Fruit or vegetable":.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Frui...
A tomato is a Fruit.
fruit
because it grows
from the ground
fruit.
its in the fruit group
it is a fruit!
A tomato is a fruit. Ironically so is a cucumber, bell pepper, etc. Anything that has seeds are fruits. The others are vegetables.
vegetable
everyone says fruit and thats what it is. but in my opinion fruits are sweet treats
fruit
its a fregetableeeeeeee.
it has seeds so it is technically a fruit, but in cooking is used as a vegetable.
It's whatever you want it to be, Bobby T!
pretty sure a tomato is a fruit. It has seeds, grows above ground and it grows outside of the actual plant structure (common to most fruits) and it's juicy.
fruit
I think it's a veggie but it's considered a fruit.
Scientifically, it's a fruit. From a cooking stand-point, it's a vegetable and I consider it as such when I use it for cooking.
This is one of those questions that people seem to think are puzzling. It is both. Fruit is a botanical and a culinary term. Botanically, a tomato is a fruit since it is a fleshy seed bearing reproductive part of a plant. In culinary terms, it refers to those which are edible and sweet. So, botanically, the tomato is a fruit, while culinarily, it is not. But vegetable is only a culinary term. It is a term for the edible part of a plant. So a tomato is both a fruit and a vegetable.
I would say it is a fruit, but interestingly we use it mostly as a vegetable. That is, of course, unless you are making tomato jam, when it is a fruit. Just an example of the continuing identity problems of the poor tomato, which for a long time in our history was considered a deadly poison. Not to mention the differences in pronunciation between nations!
it's a fruit
TECHNICALLY... its a fruit... cuz it has seeds ... all plants that seeds r fruits!!!!!
it been confirmed it being a fruit because of its seeds.....
It's a fruit (:
Technically, Tomatoes are fruit as are eggplant and peppers
anything plant wise that we eat with vizable seads are fruit. so tomatoes are a fruit.
It's technically a fruit, but we all know it's really a vegetable.
fruit
It's actually a legume. Don't be suprised I'm the only one who said this, most people don't know.