Can you please identify these?

Question

My friends and I got into an argument about whether the following were fruits or vegetables. Could you please help us settle this? My beliefs (from the way I was brought up).

TOMATO (vegetable)
CUCUMBER (vegetable)
PEPPER (vegetable)
SEEDLESS GRAPES, ORANGES AND WATERMELON (fruit)

And if you know what classifies something a fruit or vegetable please let me know!

Answer 1

I hope this helps...

tomato - fruit "of a vine native to South America"
cucumber - fruit "of the gourd family"
pepper - fruit "There are hundreds of varietys of these fruits"
Grapes (all varieties) oranges, watermelon - Again, fruits.

Fruits are the reproductive fleshy seed bearing part of a plant.

Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are generally considered vegetables. Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom, fungi, are also commonly considered vegetables. Though the exceptions are many, in general, vegetables are thought of as being savory, and not sweet. Culinary fruits, nuts, grains, herbs, and spices are all arguably the exceptions.

Since “vegetable” is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in referring to a plant part as a fruit while also being considered a vegetable (see diagram at right). Given this general rule of thumb, vegetables can include leaves (lettuce), stems (asparagus), roots (carrots), flowers (broccoli), bulbs (garlic), seeds (peas and beans) and of course the botanical fruits like cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and capsicums.

The merits of this ongoing question, "is it a fruit, or is it a vegetable," have even found its way before the bench of the United States Supreme Court which ruled unanimously in Nix v. Hedden, 1883, that a tomato is a vegetable for the purposes of 1883 Tariff Act even though botanically, a tomato is a fruit.

Answer 2

You can call them whatever you're comfortable with.

However, botanically speaking, all of these are technically fruits. A fruit is the edible portion of a plant which contains the seeds and grows independently of the plant itself. For instance, you can remove a tomato, cucumber or pepper from the "mother" plant and you won't kill the plant. It won't reproduce either if you keep picking the fruit.

A vegetable on the other hand, is usually picked and the plant itself is eaten. As an example, spinach, lettuce,chard, celery, etc. are considered vegetables.

Then there's the issue of root crops which are a whole different animal. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

In the proper dictionary, they are all fruit.
In the "market's dictionary", you are right. Tomato, cucumber and pepper are all placed at veggies section.

Answer 5

Check out http://www.thefruitpages.com/tomatoes.shtml
It classifies what a fruit is and you might be surprised on what is labeled as a "fruit"!!!

Answer 6

The four you have mentioned are all fruits!

Answer 7

you are correct!!!! some people say tomato's are a fruit ) ewww nO way!!

Answer 8

i agree with the answers u put