Why is a tomato considered a fruit and not a vegetable?

Answer 1

The tomato is technically a berry, they are fruits because they contain seeds.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the fruit/vegetable issue on the tomato:

Botanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant, i.e. a fruit. However, from a culinary perspective the tomato is typically served as a meal, or part of a main course of a meal, meaning that it would be considered a vegetable (a culinary term which has no botanical meaning).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Fruit_or_vegetable.3F

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Because a tomato has seeds and Vegetables do not have seeds. So It's a Fruit.

Answer 4

culmination are plant existence that have died to variety some thing that holds seeds. basically a fruit is a seed's vessel, and tomatoes are to incorporate seeds, so tomatoes are fruit. vegetables are seen any part of a plant that may no longer the fruit.

Answer 5

A cuccumber has seeds, so does some squash, but both veggies. Vegetables usually have roots that go directly to the ground for nureshment. Fruits are typically attached to a vine or plucked from trees. Fruit vines or trees can nourish multiple fruits, where typically veggies have their individual root.

Answer 6

All fruits have seeds like Bananas, Apples, Kiwi and Tomatos off course some seeds are edible like pickle seeds.

Answer 7

A tomato is a member of the berry family. Therefore a tomato is a berry, making it a fruit not a vegtable.

Answer 8

fruit is a ripened ovary.Every ripened ovary is a fruit.the term vegetables and fruits are used to differentiate between something which is to be eaten after cooking.They are not sweet.Fruits are mostly sweet and are eaten without cooking .most of the vegetables are fruits.They contain seeds.Examples are .peas pumpkins lady finger

Answer 9

Both are good for you, each fruit/vegetable has different vitamins. Therefore as more variety, as better. Vegetables have generally less sugar than fruits.

Answer 10

If it has seeds inside then it is a fruit.