Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 1

Fruit, but I don't know why.

Answer 2

From wikipedia:
Botanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant: a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. However, from a culinary perspective, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and it is typically served as part of a main course of a meal, as are other vegetables, rather than at dessert. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term.

The US Supreme Court declared the tomato a vegetable in 1893 in Nix vs Hedden, but that was a tariff case involving taxes.

Answer 3

Botanically speaking, anything that bears or is a seed is considered a fruit.

There are different kinds of fruit, ie nuts are a kind of
fruit.

Vegetables are any part of the plant that doesn't have to do with making new plants.

This makes a tomato a fruit.

Answer 4

Fruit

Answer 5

Fruit

Answer 6

A tomato can be either a fruit or a vegetable. Most people consider it a vegetable because you wouldn't put tomatoes in a fruit salad; you would put it in a vegetable or a garden salad.

Answer 7

The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable.

Answer 8

The tomato is technically a fruit just like the strawberry is technically a vegetable.

Answer 9

A tomato is both, a fruit and vegetable.

Answer 10

the tomato is a fruit but registered a vegetable by the government.

Answer 11

Fruit.