2007-02-04 06:18:42 · 6 answers · asked by The Flash 1968 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
It depends on whether you are talking to a nutritionist or a biologist.
According to nutritionists, the difference is the vitamin/mineral/sugar content. Consequently, cucumbers and tomatoes are vegetables and corn and potatoes are starches.
According to biologists, anything containing it's own seeds is a fruit. Consequently, cucumbers and tomatoes are fruits.
Hope this helps!
2007-02-04 06:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Penya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right this is a dictionary definition of a vegetable: The fit for human intake component of a plant, such simply by fact the basis of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower. And a dictionary definition of a fruit: The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, inclusive of accessory areas, containing the seeds and happening in a brilliant variety of varieties. (The definition makes fruit no longer sound so stable huh?) A tomato is an fit for human intake component of a plant. it is likewise a ripened ovary which is composed of seeds. for this reason it somewhat is a fruit and a vegetable.
2016-12-17 09:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruits grow on trees and vines, vegetables grow as a plant.
2007-02-04 06:32:26 · answer #3 · answered by ThinkaboutThis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruits have seeds in them - vegetables do not!
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2007-02-04 06:25:01 · answer #4 · answered by Huwbutts 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
vegetables have seeds in them, what about bell peppers? cucmbers? squash? pumpkins?
fruit is sweet and vegetables aren't
2007-02-04 06:26:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruits are lively. Vegtables are still.
2007-02-04 06:22:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋