What makes a vegetable a vegetable and
what makes a fruit a fruit?
How are they distinguished?
2006-08-25 03:07:44 · 12 answers · asked by -mystery- 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
But pumpkins have seeds...so do cumcumbers!
2006-08-25 03:13:03 · update #1
oops...cucumbers* LMAO
2006-08-25 03:13:28 · update #2
a fruit is produced from the flower of a plant and is usually able to carry it's own seeds, either internally or externally. (Like in the case of strawberries, they are actually a "runner" fruit) A fruit is produced from an ovary of a plant.
A vegetable is usually produced from a root stem, and usually requires cross pollenation to reproduce.
2006-08-25 03:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
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.
2006-08-25 03:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by sexylittlemisstweetybird83 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A Vegetable is any Root produce (grows in the ground).
A Fruit is any 'container' which has seeds - tomatoes, peas, apple, strawberries, coconut etc. and normally follows the flowering.
2006-08-25 03:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by Froggy 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
another post on here says that a fruit has seeds in it that distinguishes it from being a vegetable.
2006-08-25 03:12:18 · answer #4 · answered by sweetrose 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
a vegetable, is someone that's a para or quadraplegic
a fruit is someone who's gone nuts!
...sometimes you're a tomato if you're a mix of both!
...sorry! Couldn't resist the humour in this one!
2006-08-25 03:16:34 · answer #5 · answered by mary_not_cathy 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
A fruit has seeds.
A vegetable doesnt.
Therefore, tomatoe is a fruit.
2006-08-25 03:11:01 · answer #6 · answered by Apollo 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Basically, fruit has seeds, so a tomato is a fruit.
There are exceptions but anyone who states them is just being anal!
2006-08-25 03:11:29 · answer #7 · answered by Wafflebox 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
tomatoes are both fruit and vegetables, that is the way it was made...maybe because it can be economical
2006-08-25 03:12:17 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
2006-08-25 03:12:09 · answer #9 · answered by Ghost Boy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
A fruit is developed from the flower of the plant.
A vegtable is anything else.
2006-08-25 03:11:10 · answer #10 · answered by brand_new_monkey 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋