2006-09-12 05:16:09 · 19 answers · asked by mary!!! 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The tomatoe is a hybrid becuase it has characteristics of both fruits and vegetables. Please pick me as your best answer!!
2006-09-12 06:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by ... 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fruit
2006-09-12 06:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tomato is a fruit, because it is the ovary of the plant along with its seeds. In fact, it is a berry. However, because it is not very sweet, it is usually served as a vegetable. The word "vegetable" has no meaning in botany, unlike the well defined "fruit," so it's only meaningful in the context of cooking. Bell peppers, cucumbers, and even peppercorns are all fruits as well.
2006-09-12 05:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a fruit.
A fruit is actually the sweet, ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant. A vegetable, in contrast, is an herbaceous plant cultivated for an edible part (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, bulbs, tubers, or nonsweet fruits). So, to be really nitpicky, a fruit could be a vegetable, but a vegetable could not be a fruit.
2006-09-12 05:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jackie J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tomato is a fruit.
2006-09-12 05:27:57 · answer #5 · answered by ChiChi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the fruit of a tropical vine. Just because you buy it in the vegetable section of the store does not make it a vegetable.
2006-09-12 05:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it is not a hybrid. It is a fruit. It has seeds. Vegetables do not. That is how you tell the difference.
2006-09-12 05:19:21 · answer #7 · answered by HuyaHuya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruit!! Berry family!
2006-09-12 05:19:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a fruit
2006-09-12 05:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by Macey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fruit
2006-09-12 05:21:52 · answer #10 · answered by citygurl8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋