2007-07-01 08:54:36 · 18 answers · asked by alexander l 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
it can be either depending on the context you're using it in.
this question gets asked over and over
2007-07-01 11:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tomato is technically a fruit, but it is often used as a vegetable; most fruits, like tomatoes, apples, and oranges, are grown on trees, and are called fruits because they contain any edible part of the plant that is not a root; a vegetable usually contains a root, or comes from roots; vegetables include cabbages, carrots, and peas. A bean pod is also considered a fruit.
2007-07-01 15:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A fruit.
The Encyclopedia Britannica sums it up like this:
Fruit - in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits.
2007-07-01 15:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by isc_cooper 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Botanically, a fruit. Legally (for purposes of commerce) in the U.S. at least, a vegetable.
2007-07-02 00:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by RLS3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruit. Fruit grow from the reproductive parts of a plant, the flowers. Vegetables are obtained from plant parts, leafs, stems, root, and tubers.
2007-07-01 16:11:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Technically, a tomato is a berry!
See the site below for definitions.
2007-07-01 17:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by kt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
acc to my lowerkg and upper kg books tomato is a vegetable
2007-07-02 06:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by HOPE(INDIAN) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know what you caught me with this question, My sister is in botany and asked me the same question many years ago, and to this day when we have dinner together and have tmato in our salad, we say together, why is there fruit in our salad,? So theres your answer, tmato actually is a fruit, not a vegtible, people thinks its a veg, but actually its a fruit, just like peanuts are not nuts they are a vegtible, so look it up, peanuts grow on vines from the ground, Well thats all i know
2007-07-01 16:08:02 · answer #8 · answered by trudycaulfield 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
in my book a vegitable but others consider it a fruit because of its seeds, juice, and grown out of the ground off a stem.
2007-07-01 15:56:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
its a fruit grown on a tree not in the ground and its picked soo yea a fruit i used to be pickled about that lol
2007-07-01 15:57:52 · answer #10 · answered by liam_jones_10_10 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋