Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

Question

This is a survey.

Answer 1

Well known types of squash include the pumpkin and zucchini. The squash (pumpkin included) is a fruit. It is classified as a pepo by botanists, which is a special type of berry with a thick outer wall or rind formed from hypanthium tissue fused to the exocarp; the fleshy interior is composed of mesocarp and endocarp. The pepo, derived from an inferior ovary, is characteristic of the Squash Family (Cucurbitaceae).
In addition to the fruit, other parts of the plant are edible. Squash seeds can be eaten directly, ground into paste, or (particularly for pumpkins) pressed for vegetable oil. The shoots, leaves, and tendrils can be eaten as greens.

Answer 2

Vegetable

Answer 3

A pumpkin is a fruit. It's classified as this because the seeds are on the insides like peppers tomatos apples bannas and all other fruit

Answer 4

A pumpkin is a vegetable after all it is just a glorified squash.

Answer 5

I believe it is considered a vegetable. Seems funny to use it in a pie though dont it.

Answer 6

a pumpkin is a gourd akin to the marrow so it is a vegetable

Answer 7

Will depend on on the context really. Which is better as a snack - fruits to me. It's tastier and gives you that tad of sweetness. Which can be better as a snack if you are trying hard to lower back on sugar and lose weight vegetables

Answer 8

A fruit

Answer 9

it's a vegetable

Answer 10

vegetable.