Can any one tell me if a tomato is a fruit of vegetable?

Answer 1

The tomato is technically a fruit (one can generally tell a fruit from a non-fruit by its seeds); however, "[t]he name fruit is often applied loosely to all edible plant products and specifically to the fleshy fruits, some of which (e.g., eggplant, tomatoes, and squash) are commonly called vegetables."

Answer 2

Fruit

Answer 3

Tomato's are fruits
Any fruit of the numerous cultivated varieties of Lycopersicon esculentum, a plant of the nightshade family.

The plant is generally much branched and has hairy, strongly odorous, feathery leaves. The drooping, clustered, yellow flowers are followed by red, scarlet, or yellow fruits, which hang from the many branches of one weak stem. The tomato fruit varies in shape from spherical to elongate and in size from 0.6 in. (1.5 cm) across to more than 3 in. (7.5 cm) across. The Spanish were bringing tomatoes from South America to Europe by the early 16th century; they were introduced to North America from Europe by the 1780s. Tomatoes are used raw, cooked as a vegetable or puree, and pickled, canned, and sun-dried. The term also applies to the fruit of L. pimpinelli folium, the tiny currant tomato.

Answer 4

A tomato is a fruit.

Answer 5

Our local ag ext agency rep said some people consider it a fruit b/c it has seeds - and that's what I was always taught. However, she said the current standing is it grows on a plant in a garden just like other vegetables, therefore, her stand was officially - a vegetable.

Answer 6

Botanically speaking, a "fruit" is the swollen receptacle of a flowering plant. The way you confirm this is to see if it has a 'scar' on both sides (where it was attached to the petals of the flower, and also where it was attached to the stem of the flower.)

Consequently, a tomato is certainly a fruit.

Answer 7

fruit

Answer 8

a fruit because fruits have seeds and vegs dont also vegables grow manly in the groung while fruit does not grow IN the ground but can grow near the ground!

Answer 9

fruit

Answer 10

It is a fruit because of its seeds... Biology 101