Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?

Answer 1

It's a fruit, yo.

Answer 2

Technically it is a fruit, but its considered a vegetable by one governor in the u.s.a considering it as a vegetable that then further made tomatoes vegetable now. But if you are going to examine the structure of tomatoes, it is really a fruit because it has seeds, mesocarp and endocarps. And according to our botany lessons, vegetables are leaves, stems and roots that are being eaten.

Answer 3

Alright, a few things to clarify. Having seeds does not separate a fruit or vegetable, since terrestrial plants need to produce seeds to continue the species. But a tomato is considered a "fruit" mainly, and this is the largest argument, because the "harvested" and consumed part of the plant is the plant's ripened ovary. The "fruit" of a plant is the ripened ovary, which forms the source of protection and nutrition (since the seeds feed from the fructose and starches stored in the fruit) for juvenile, unplanted seeds. Or, to put it simply, if the part that you eat grows a little bit father from the ground, it's safe to guess it's a fruit.

Answer 4

Vegetable

Answer 5

Actually Tomato belongs to cherry family, thus it's a fruit. But, we use it as a Vegetable

Answer 6

Fruit. Fruits come from flowers. Not a vegetable. Vegetable is the plant part, like celery. Celery is the stem. Potatoes are tubercles, therefore, a veggie.

Answer 7

tomato is a fruit as it develops from the fertilized ovary but not a vegetative part.

Answer 8

Fruit!

Answer 9

Botanically it is a fruit. Science aside, it is used as a vegetable for its flavor and physical appearance.

Answer 10

technically a fruit but commonly considered as vegetable worldwide like cucumbur, pumpkin, lady finger, etc.

Answer 11

It has seeds - it's a fruit.
Vegetable refers to any part of a plant, other than the fruit (like leaves, or roots.)