You'd think it would be a vegetable.
2007-10-09 13:10:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
doesnt cucumber have seeds and green peppers also?!
2007-10-09 13:16:32 · update #1
For culinary purposes, it is.
Botanically, it's a fruit (bears seeds in a swollen ovary)
2007-10-09 13:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by obviously_you'renotagolfer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're right about it having seeds. Plus it grows on a vine. Thus, it's a fruit.
I read an interesting story: Back around the turn of the 20th Century, there was a tax or tarrif on vegetables butnot on fruit. Some enterprising farmers went to the Supreme Court and got the tomato declared a fruit to avoid the tax.
2007-10-09 23:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by bubbabear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, if the seeds are inside, it is considered a fruit (tomato, squash, cucumber, capsicum, eggplant, etc)
2007-10-09 23:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by eve_rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers are all fruit, because they all have seeds.
2007-10-09 22:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by lindsey d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any enlarged ovary of a plant is a fruit.
There is nothing vegetable-like about tomatoes.
Pumpkins, rose hips, avocados, peppers, eggplant..........
2007-10-10 02:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know the tomato has seeds, and no other veggie have seeds
2007-10-09 20:17:20 · answer #6 · answered by Sharibobeary ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has seeds
2007-10-10 11:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by ken G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a fruit because it has seeds. veggies dont have seeds
2007-10-09 20:15:03 · answer #8 · answered by I LUV IT 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you Dan Quayle?
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
2007-10-13 10:29:10 · answer #9 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cukes and peppers are fruits too.
2007-10-09 20:23:48 · answer #10 · answered by Love #me#, Hate #me# 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋