If a fruit is seedless, does that make it a vegetable?

Question

Since fruit is defined as having seeds, perhaps there should be a different phrase used instead of the oxymoron "seedless fruit."

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To the person who asked about cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes: yes, they all are classified by botanists as fruit, because they contain seeds. There is a legal definition that draws the line differently, but the botanists are the plant experts. Lawyers should stick to their field of expertise and stay out of science.

Answer 1

Vegetables are edible plant parts that are not involved in sexual reproduction -- leaves and leaf parts, stems, roots and derivative structures of those organs -- e.g, tubers, tendrils.

Fruits are matured ovaries with any accessory parts. Fruits do not have to contain seeds to meet the botanical definition of fruit.

Answer 2

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If a fruit is seedless, does that make it a vegetable?
Since fruit is defined as having seeds, perhaps there should be a different phrase used instead of the oxymoron "seedless fruit."

http://redfruitdiet.com/2007/10/if-fruit-is-seedless-does-that-make-it.html

Answer 3

A "seedless" fruit like some varieties of watermelon or cucumber is a fruit which is picked before the seeds are fully developed. They are not truly seedless as there are small undeveloped seeds in them and if left to grow the seeds would mature. They are not vegetables. Some other fruits that are commonly thought of as vegetables are squash, eggplant, peas and beans.

Answer 4

This is a question not unlike which came first? The chicken or the egg!
Having seeds or not having seeds does not determine it fruit or vegetable.
Q: What determines if something is a fruit or vegetable?
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/PLANTanswers/vegetables/vegdefine.html
To find out the answer open the link.
Ahhhhhhhhhh the beauty of the Super Highway!
Bonus Answer lol!
Personal note on the egg/chicken
Genesis 2:19
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Logic ;
Chicken came first it had to be able to sit on the eggs.

Answer 5

how does that work? peppers have seeds yet they are a a vegetable, and cucumbers yet tomatoes are a fruit??

Answer 6

yes