Is a tomato a fruit and why?

Answer 1

The seeds that it uses to produce are contained inside. This makes it a fruit, for some reason.

Answer 2

Any produce that has seeds inside is considered by a botanist to be a fruit, although when cooking we usually think of things like tomatoes and green beans as vegetables.

Technically, a tomato is a fruit.

And Strawberries are Accessory fruits - they are actually part of the flower - what we consider the seeds are the real fruit part of the plant - very interesting - and confusing - who makes up this stuff?

Answer 3

The botanical definition of a fruit is the reason a tomato is technically a fruit.

Here is a definition of a fruit (from wikipedia):
The term fruit has different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plums, apples and oranges. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.

Many foods are botanically fruit but are treated as vegetables in cooking. These include cucurbits (e.g., squash, pumpkin, and cucumber), tomato, eggplant (aubergine), and sweet pepper, spices, such as allspice and chillies

Answer 4

Long going controversy, just as bad on the pronunciation. Tomato, tomatoe!!! It is supposed to be a fruit since the seeds are on the inside

Answer 5

yes

This is the definition of fruit

The term fruit has different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds.[1] In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plums, apples and oranges. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.[

Answer 6

A tomato is a fruit because 1.) It contains seeds. and 2.) It grows above the ground.

Answer 7

Strawberries are a fruit and the seeds are on the outside...

I argue that tomato is a vegetable because it is an annual and the vast majority of fruits are grow on perrenial plants. But I just like to argue.

Additional comment:
I know I'm not correct boooooda but then again, I have canned thousands of pints of salsa in my lifetime and you don't get any now!!!!.

Answer 8

Yes. A fruit is anything with seeds in the middle. Tomato, cucumber, zucchini, pumpkin, apples, oranges,

Veggies have no seeds. Broccoli, cauliflower, spinach.

Answer 9

Technically it is a fruit because they have seeds, but most people think they are vegetables because they are eaten on things like salads and burgers.

Answer 10

it seems more like a vegetable to me but it's a fruit.