what discerns a vegetable from a fruit.?

Question

why is a tomato a fruit, and a pepper a vegetable? when they are related.

Answer 1

What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?
The technical definition of a fruit is the (often fleshy) part of a plant that surrounds the seeds. By this definition, tomatoes, apples, pumpkins, eggplants, squashes, rose hips, peppers, peapods, cucumbers, and corn kernels are all fruits. All other edible plant parts are considered vegetables. Lettuce, carrots, and spinach are examples of vegetables.

The popular definitions of fruit and vegetable are somewhat different from the technical definitions. Most people categorize "vegetables" as foods that are eaten as part of a meal's main course and "fruits" as foods that are eaten for dessert or as a snack.


The difference between a fruit and vegetable depends largely on your perspective. From a botanical perspective, a fruit is the mature ovary of a plant, such as an apple, melon, cucumber, or tomato. From the common, every day "grocery store perspective," we tend to use the word fruit with respect to fruits eaten fresh as desserts - apples, peaches, cherries, etc. - and not to items cooked or used in salads. So, tomatoes tend to be lumped in with vegetables because of the way they are used (cooked and in salads), but botanists will call them fruits because they develop from the reproductive structures of plants. The California legislature once passed a law declaring tomatoes a vegetable in order to impose a tariff on Mexican imports!

Answer 2

They are both fruit(s), but there is a difference in the way we eat them.
Fruit are mainly eaten raw, or with sweet things, while vegetables are cooked or served in savoury salads.
The borders are fluid, tomatos are used as fruit and as vegetables, so are apples, and even carrots, although they are definitely not fruits.

Answer 3

Generally, a fleshy growth originating from a flower and carry seeds is
considered a fruit. So a gourd or cucumber or pea pod is a fruit too.

Answer 4

a fruit has seeds. Check out the link I provided below...

Answer 5

Seeds are in fruits

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Fruits have seeds.

Answer 8

a pepper is the friut of the pepper plant,