Tomatos... fruit vs vegie....... please awnser!!!now?!


Question: Tomatos!.!.!. fruit vs vegie!.!.!.!.!.!.!. please awnser!!!now!?
i know a tomato is a fruit but my 10 year old brother dosent believe me so what do you think is it a fruit or vegtable!?!?!? to prove him wrongWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
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!. The term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Fruits contain seeds, veggies do not!.!.!.simple as that!!! Yes, cucumbers & squash are fruits, strawberries have seeds on the outsides, blueberries are seeds, and seedless watermelons do contain seeds!.!.!.just incase you need back up on that!. lol Nice that you want to teach this to your bro!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Anything that contains seeds is a fruit!. This is actually the mature ovary of the plant!. Nuts, squash, even beans are also technically fruit!. This is the scientific definition!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A fruit is the swollen ovary from a plant flower that contains seeds!.

From a cooking standpoint, tomatoes are vegetables!. From a botany standpoint, tomatoes are fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Botanically it is a fruit but it is used as a vegetable as far as cooking goes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's a fruit, characteristic with the seeds!. But we consider it a veggie!.!.!. probably because it is not naturally sugary!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it is a fruit as it contains seeds but is catergorised as a vegetable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It is a fruit!. Difference between a veg & a fruit is simply this!. Fruit have seeds, veggies do not!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It is a fruit, as is the avocado!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it's a veggie but in the fruit catorgory in veggies

fyi veggies have 5 catorgorysWww@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit, b/c of the seeds!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

FruitWww@FoodAQ@Com

its a fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com

fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com

it is a fruit!.!.!.!.!.!.i just asked this question yesterday!.!.!.!.someone said it has to do with the amount of vitamin CWww@FoodAQ@Com





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