what makes a fruit a fruit and a veg a veg? where is the line drawn?

Answer 1

I believe that a fruit carries seeds.......but i could be wrong.

Answer 2

on your quest to this answere id like to ask a few

a banana is technically a berry is it because the banana leaf is a herb there for its fruit is a berry being the banana?

also

i beleive its to do with the amounts of pectein in each but i could be wrong
also tomato a fruit or a veg ?
it may be to do with soft and hard veg but then a gain

i just want ten points

just read all the answeres and they say its to do with seeds

but that could be wrong as most bananas these days dont have seeds!
you remeber the black dots inside them that are not there any more!

GM baby!

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

Answer 4

I see fruit as something with seeds, and vegetables as green things. Also, fruits are sweet. And that fruits grow on trees, with the exception of berries. Some examples that might be a little in the middle are tomatoes (grow on vines), cucumbers (green with seeds), and peppers (have seeds).

Answer 5

a fruit has some way to reproduce, like a stone or a seed or a pip, the bits u eat are actually food for the seed. vegetables are just bits of plants

Answer 6

fruit carries the seeds inside the flesh of the fruit. tomatoes, botanically, is considered a fruit.

Answer 7

fruit have seeds veg doesnt ,tomotoes are even classed as fruit would you believe ,not many people know that

Answer 8

A fruit develops from the blossom of the plant or tree and its seeds develop inside it. Vegetables don't develop from blossoms. They develop on the plant, usually beginning below ground, and the plant develops flowers that become seed pods or seed bearing stems. Or, the vegetable grows and reproduces itself from its root, as with potatoes which develop and mature underground. It's the same with onions and carrots, although the last two develop seeds on the plant.

Answer 9

A fruit is defined as "strictly, the ripened ovary of a plant and its contents. More loosely, the term is extended to the ripened ovary and seeds together with any structure with which they are combined."

"Vegetable" on the other hand does not have a scientific definition, only a popular definition. And veggies can come from any part of the plant - the root, leaves, fruit, etc...

Answer 10

Fruit contains seeds (plural)
Vegetables contain no seeds and come from a stalk, vine or bush.

Potatoes and carrots do not have seeds, so are Vegetables
Tomatoes and apples contain seeds, so are fruits

Tomatoes are Fruits in a scientific Botanical sense, but are vegetables in a culinary (cooking) sense.

Answer 11

i think all the vegs are in the ground and fruits out