Is a tamato a vegitable or fruit?

Answer 1

BOTH!!
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

i have never heard of tamatos or vegitables, but in case u r wondering, a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable, no matter what mr reagan said (cmon, u remember when president reagan decided as part of our healthy school lunches that the ketchup packet that came with out burger n fries was actually counted as a vegetable?)

Answer 3

Fruit.

Answer 4

Some say it is a vegetable and some say it is a fruit. It is actually a fruit because it has seeds in it!

Answer 5

A fruit, it has seeds. Originated in America. In general sense, fruits are vegetables, so tomatos are vegetables too.

Answer 6

Believe it or not, this has been an ongoing controversy. I think that it is currently classified as a fruit, but the government has wasted a lot of time arguing about it.

Answer 7

Tomato's are actually classified as a fruit. And useless trivia time.... The tomato plant is actually a relative of the marijuana plant. Go Figure.

Answer 8

Tomato = fruit.

Answer 9

it is a fruit. Back then, there was tax on vegetables and not fruit, so the just said it was a vegetable

Answer 10

a fruit, because only fruit has seeds

also it's spelled vegetable

also it's spelled tomato