Is tomato fruit or vegetable?

Question

Do you think the judgement [1893] that tomato is vegetable is still valid today?

Answer 1

Biologically, a tomato is a fruit, since it is the ripened seed carrier, or ovary, of the tomato plant. Whether the government of the US says that it's a vegetable or a fruit is irrelevant to the actual fact.

Answer 2

I love the whole idea of What is a fruit and what is a vegetable...

Botanically, tomatoes are definitely fruits because they develop from the ovary of a flower. That is what defines anything as a fruit, and so squash and cucumbers are both fruits, though we commonly consider them to be vegetables.

I can't remember WHY the court case that determined tomatoes to be vegetables took place, but legal definitions and botanical ones are no necessarily the same. After all, most judges aren't biologists...

Answer 3

It's officially (scientifically) considered a fruit, but I haven't seen anyone use tomatoes in their fruit salad. I always consider it a vegetable just because of its association with other vegetables in our food.

Answer 4

A tomato is considered a fruit botanically since it is a an ovary with seeds in it. Anything that is a seed or carries seeds is considered a fruit.

Answer 5

Tomato is a fruit.

Answer 6

Generally, a fleshy growth originating from a flower and carring seeds is considered a fruit. So a gourd or cucumber or pea pod is a fruit too.

Answer 7

no. Tomatoes grow on a vine, it's round like fruit. It's a fruit.

Answer 8

It's Vegetable.
It's not Sweet as the Fruits
You use it in the soup
you use it in the salad

Answer 9

a tomato is a fruit

Answer 10

In terms of botany, it's a fruit; in terms of diet, it's a vegetable. Like most other things, it depends on your point of view :-)