Is a tomatoe a fruit?!
Is a tomatoe a fruit?
Answers:
Yes it is:
To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?
If the answer is yes, then technically, you have a FRUIT. This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit. It also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts all fruits as well. VEGETABLES such as, radishes, celery, carrots, and lettuce do NOT have seeds (that are part of what we eat) and so they are grouped as vegetables.
Now don't go looking for tomatoes next to the oranges in your grocery stores. Certain fruits like tomatoes and green beans will probably always be mostly referred to as "vegetables" in today's society.
Hope that answered you question.
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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.
a tomatoe is a fruit yes because it had seeds and all fruits have seeds
yes
Yup!
yep. originally believed to be poisonous and part of the nightshade family.
Yes. Tomatoes grow on vines, whereas no vegetable truly does. Tomatoes have a naturally sweet flavor that can easily adapt to savory or sweet dishes. On many occasions one will find tomato preserves in the South and in countries such as Greece. It resembles most varieties of sweet preserve and is wonderful when paired with vanilla ice cream.
yes! it has seeds in it so its a fruit
because it has a seed, it is accepted as a fruit as well, while it most recognizably is still considered to be a vegetable.
Simply put: yes
A fruit is the ripened, seed-filled ovary of a flowering plant. A tomato is a fruit by that definition.
In culinary terms, a tomato is often referred to as a vegetable, though in the past few years I have heard it more often referred to as a fruit, possibly in the interest of being more botanically correct.
Most varieties of tomato are sweet and juicy and best tasting when picked ripe and eaten fresh. In my book, this makes them as much a fruit by culinary definition as a kiwi or a pomegranate.
On the other hand, a lot of folks only eat conventionally grown tomatoes purchased at a grocery store. These are often grown in another country and are picked green, stored in a warehouse, and gassed with ethylene gas to ripen them right before sending them to the distributor. These tomatoes are lacking in flavour and nutritional value. Their mealiness and lack of flavour lends them to little use other than cooking, mostly just to add colour to a dish. This is why they are often thought of as a vegetable.
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