Do you think a tomato is a fruit or veg.?

Question

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Answer 1

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.

This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws which imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy in 1893, declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, using the popular definition which classifies vegetable by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert. The case is known as Nix v. Hedden.

The USDA also considers a tomato a vegetable.

It should be noted that strictly speaking the holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883 and not much else. The court does not purport to reclassify tomato for botanical or for any other purpose other than paying a tax under a tariff act.

In concordance with this classification, the tomato has been proposed as the state fruit of New Jersey. Arkansas takes both sides by declaring the "South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato" to be both the state fruit and the state vegetable in the same law, citing both its botanical and culinary classifications.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

It is commonly used as and believed to be a vegetable, but it belongs to the fruit family because of its' nature. Interesting though that it is a relative of the potato.

Growing up, my family grew tomatoes on the farm. There was nothing better than picking a ripe tomato from the vine, putting some salt on it and eating the fruit right then. You have not experienced the full flavor and robust taste of a tomato until you have done this.

Answer 4

Fruit

Answer 5

Fruit

Answer 6

It depends on the context - or in other words who you are talking to. A farmer or the average shopper will tell you it is a vegetable. A botanist will say it is a fruit.

Normally we think of fruit as having high amounts of sugar (fructose) - that is why the average person calls it a veg. Tomatoes are low in fructose. But in botany fruits have seeds. A tomato has seeds so to the botanist it is a fruit.

Answer 7

It is a FRUIT of course...
"Generally, a fleshy growth originating from a flower and carry seeds is
considered a fruit. So a gourd or cucumber or pea pod is a fruit too.
A potato fails because it does not come from the flower and is part of the
root, cabbage and spinach and is leaves and stems, etc."
"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) ... 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. "

Answer 8

In 1893 , the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though, botanically, it is a fruit. Because vegetables and fruits were subject to different import duties, it was necessary to define it as one or the other. So, tomatoes were declared to be a vegetable given that it was commonly eaten as one.

Answer 9

it's deifintily a fruit even though many people think of it as a vegetable -' A "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. '

'Botanically speaking, the tomato is a fruit and is classified as a berry. It is a fruit because it is a ripened mature ovary containing seed'

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Answer 10

Fruit Fruit.