why do they call tomato's a fruit?

Question

i never really understood why there considered a fruit

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

A plant is a plant or part of a flower used as food

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

they call it a fruit because it grows on a small tree

Answer 5

because technically there are a fruit even though we tend to use them as a vegetable

Answer 6

Anything that has seeds and/or grows on vines is tecnically a fruit.

Answer 7

Because it has seeds.

Answer 8

cuz it has seeds