Tomatoes; fruits or vegetables?

Question

What do you think? I classify it as a vegetable.

Answer 1

cleverness is knowing that tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad
:) cheers.

Answer 2

it is technically a fruit... but i've never seen it that way... it will always be a veggie to me... :)

but...

In 1893 , the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though, botanically, it is a fruit. Because vegetables and fruits were subject to different import duties, it was necessary to define it as one or the other. So, tomatoes were declared to be a vegetable given that it was commonly eaten as one.

Answer 3

It is a fruit because fruits are classified as being vegetation that contains the seeds within its fruit

Answer 4

Tomatoes are really in the fruit family but most classify them as veggies.

Answer 5

I want to say it's a vegetable but I think it's a fruit!

Answer 6

Although they are used as vegetables, tomatoes are actually fruits, and are members of the nightshade family of plants. Plant scientists say tomatoes are fruits because they contain seeds.

Answer 7

They are part of the fruit family,but stores generally market them as vegetables.

Answer 8

Its really a fruit because it has seeds, but I always think of them as vegetables.

Answer 9

Technically, they are a fruit, as the first answerer stated, and I consider them a friut anyway. They're not bland like vegetables are!

Answer 10

You classify? It's a vegetable!!

Answer 11

It is a fruit because of the internal seeds, but also because of the amount of carbohydrates in them. If it's over a certain level, it's considered a fruit.