Is a Tomato a fruit or vegitable?

Answer 1

fruit ..

Answer 2

Fruit or vegetable?

Tomato is a fruit Botanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant, i.e. a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. 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 (and is) considered a vegetable.

This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States, Australia and China. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that 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 (149 U.S. 304). While the Tomato can be classified as a fruit, it is officially categorized as a definite vegetable in the United States.

The USDA also considers the tomato a vegetable.

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 3

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 4

A Fruit.

Answer 5

A tomato is a fruit because it has seeds. Although, it may not be considered as a fruit because of its low sugar content, making it taste less like what a fruit tends to taste like. Other fruits are zuchinni, squash and pumpkin.

Answer 6

Tomatos are a fruit

Answer 7

It holds the distinction of being both but I would say more vegetable than fruit as fruits are usually more sweet in taste.

Answer 8

It's a fruit but I says it's a Vegetable still

Answer 9

It's a fruit because it grows on a vine...anything grown on a tree or a vine is a fruit. Anything grown in the ground is a vegetable..

Answer 10

It's a fruit... actually related to the gooseberry.... but treated as a vegetable by most of the modern world.

Answer 11

It's a fruit because it hangs from a tree. But it's used as a veggie.