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Question

Fruit and Veg!! Cannot believe you don't know this, but any how........ Fruit have seeds and veg dont!!!!!

so therefore, tomatoes are fruit!!!

so therefore, tomatoes are fruit!!!

so therefore, tomatoes are fruit!!!

whoops didn't mean to say that so much, but they are...lol

Cucumber and Peppers are also classed as FRUIT!!!!!!!!

yes it does stand, ALL FRUIT HAVE SEEDS!!! if it has seeds then it is classed as fruit!!!!

Answer 1

All seed bearing < Pods etc.> are correctly called fruits i.e.an acorn is the fruit of the oak. Many different fruits are used as vegtables Hence some people are confused, and yes a banana does contain tiny seeds..many fruits are poisonous or inedible nevertheless they are fruit.

Answer 2

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.
The Nutriquest team offers a similar answer, adding that most fruits are sweet because they contain a simple sugar called fructose, while most vegetables are less sweet because they have much less fructose. The sweetness of fruit encourages animals to eat it and thereby spread the seeds. The site also presents an interesting list of fruits that are often thought to be vegetables:

tomatoes
cucumbers
squashes and zucchini
avocados
green, red, and yellow peppers
peapods
pumpkins
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20010411.html

A fruit is generally defined by the sweet pulp that surrounds its seeds (oranges, apples, mangoes), while a vegetable is a more leaflike plant (cabbage, beans, potatoes).
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/ask_earl/20000330.html

The tomato, which is a fruit, but is eaten as a vegetable, as are cucumbers, peppers, melons, and squashes.
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mveggie.html

Answer 3

Say that again, I think scientifically you're right. Take green beans for instance, it is consider as a vegetable but it's the fruit of the green bean plant. Same goes with bell peppers.

Answer 4

Well Red peppers are considered vegetables and they do have seeds? Are red pepers considered a fruit as well?

Answer 5

+fruit contains a seed i.e tomato cucumber veg doesn't, simple as that

Answer 6

Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit... Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad!

Answer 7

If that were the case then pumpkins (as well as peppers) would be regarded as a fruit too!
This seed business does not stand.

Answer 8

Yeah and chillies and cucumbers are fruits too!

Answer 9

"Vegetable" is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective.

Don't forget to eat your prunes!

Good night, and good luck. Col. Kurtz

Answer 10

Hi again!

I am not really bothered by this, I eat them whatever they are.

Fruit or vegetables,

I knew this!

You must be quite young!

I am a house wife and mum of two, age in my early 30's.