is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Question

i just do not know

Answer 1

The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable, and a bean pod is also technically a fruit. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example. So a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant, but can be used as a vegetable in cooking.

Answer 2

It's a fruit- a berry, actually! It is the ovary of the plant. "Vegetable" doesn't really mean anything, except for a culinary term to refer to a plant that we eat that isn't sweet. So the tomato is a fruit, but you can call it a vegetable if you want to at the dinner table.

Answer 3

A tomato is the fruit of the plant, but because we also eat it cooked, it is considered a vegetable fruit. Combination name.

Answer 4

The tomato is part of the fruit family.

Answer 5

A tomato is a fruit. It has seeds in it. That is why apples, watermelon, cantaloupe etc are all classed as fruit. Lettuce (which doesn't have seeds) is a vegetable just like carrots etc. Many salad ingredients such as cucumber, capsicum (peppers), tomatoes etc are fruit but are used in savoury dishes just like a vegetable.

I hope I helped.

Answer 6

Tomato is a fruit.

Answer 7

Tomato was officially approved as a fruit.

Answer 8

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tomato is a vegetable. it is illegal to promote it as a fruit.

Answer 9

A fruite because of my research all fruites have seeds

Answer 10

a tomato is a fruit, believe it or not!