If so why do we get oil from it as opposed to juice?
2006-12-21 01:27:36 · 12 answers · asked by katie r 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Yes, an olive is a fruit.
I dunno - why is there lemon and orange oil?
2006-12-21 01:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by rusrus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, an olive, since it grows on a tree, is considered a fruit and it's juice is technically an oil. The previous person's answer asks if there is such a thing as lemon or orange oil and the answer is, yes, but it is not made from the flesh part, but the skin.
2006-12-21 01:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by dddanse 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Technically speaking olive oil is a fruit juice.
2006-12-21 01:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by jane 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Olives are a fruit, becuase they are highly oily in composition, the oil is the juice. The same applies to banana's, the oily mush of which can only be formed into a smoothie or milkshake, and Avacado Pears; the juice of which is Avacado oil.
2006-12-21 01:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Olive is not a vegetable, so its a fruit. We get oil from olive just like we get oil from palm. Just bcoz we cant eat palm fruit, doesnt mean its not a fruit. Just bcoz we cant squeeze out juice frm olive, doesnt mean its not a fruit.
Hey, carrots and tomatoes are vegetables but you do have carrot juice and tomato juice, right?
2006-12-21 03:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by Fatima 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit is grown on trees. As for why its a fruit....And why oil instead of juice...
For every rule there is at least one exception. But I think it has to do with where its grown. Olives, I think, are grown in dessert regions. Water evaporates in hot dry climates. So the tree has adapted by producing oil instead on juice (water).
2006-12-21 01:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by Rhino-Jo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An olive is an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. The fruit of this tree, a small oval drupe, eaten as a relish and used as a source of oil.
2006-12-21 01:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by Sydney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the olive is a fruit.
2006-12-21 01:36:26 · answer #8 · answered by littlemomma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
technically Yes as this has a stone........ The oil is only the end product of the pressing of the olive, its the same as an avacado pear that provides oil also,,,,,
2006-12-21 01:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does it bear seeds? All fruits bear seeds.
Oil maybe because olives lack acidity! Don't
really know!
2006-12-21 01:52:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is a fruit.
oil is some fruit's equivalent to juice - same with avocado
2006-12-21 01:34:11 · answer #11 · answered by margaret w 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋