is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 1

fruit

Answer 2

In the botanical definition it is a fruit because it has seeds inside. Legally, however, it is a vegetable, so take your pick!

Fruit - the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds.

Under the Schedule G.-Provisions of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, there were tariffs placed on tomatoes imported from the West Indies because they were considered a vegetable, and imported vegetables were subject to tariffs. The case originated on February 4, 1887 when the Nix Family sued Edward L. Hedden, tax collector of the port of New York to recover back duties collected on their tomatoes.

Answer 3

That is a good question. I would consider it a vegetable because I eat it in salads and spaghetti etc. Some consider it a fruit I really don't know why but I always think of fruits as more of a harder substance. for instant the apple and watermelon even a pear is not so mushy and easily broke. Where as a tomato when ripe will brake if dropped.

Answer 4

Tomato is more of a vegetable then a fruit but has a combination of both types of food learned in report and in foods for today a cooking class.

Answer 5

Tomato is definitely a fruit. A lot of people think it is a vegetable though!!

Answer 6

Tomato is a fruit as it's picked off a plant,, vegetables are picked from the ground.

Answer 7

Fruit.

Answer 8

A fruit

Answer 9

It's a fruit, but it's still under vegetables in most calorie books.

Answer 10

it's a fruit used as a vegetable.

Answer 11

it is used as a vegetable in many countries, in Europe and America. But in Australia and New Zealans is a fruit. i know this from a person who moved in new zealand and who complaint that there tomato cakes with sugar and cinamon are very popular.