2006-12-14 08:05:28 · 30 answers · asked by xigler 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's a fruit!!! Happy Holidays!!!
2006-12-14 08:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit
2006-12-14 16:12:18 · answer #2 · answered by Kailey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit
2006-12-14 16:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by mkjhfiuy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tomato is by definition a fruit but is more popularly known as a vegetable.
According to Wikipedia:
"In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant." ... "when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy."
"Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective."
There was actually a ruling in the US Supreme Court on May 10,1893 that officially classified the tomato as a vegetable.
2006-12-14 16:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tomato is in the Fruit family
2006-12-14 16:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people assume that it is a vegetable because it looks like one and it does not taste sweet like other fruits do. The answer is a fruit. The reason why is because it has seeds.
2006-12-14 16:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit!
2006-12-15 10:04:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit.
2006-12-14 16:07:57 · answer #8 · answered by Common_Sense2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
;-)
Actually there is no technical definition of vegetable. Only a subjective one. There is a technical definition of fruit in the field of botany: the ripened ovary and seeds of a plant. Nuts and grains are also technically fruit. So according to botanists tomato is a fruit.
2006-12-14 16:12:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fruit, but it tastes like a vegetable
2006-12-14 16:53:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although we use it as a vegetable, tomato is classified as a fruit
2006-12-14 16:16:42 · answer #11 · answered by mistyme 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋