Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegtable?

Question

What about okra, it has seeds, and I thought only fruit has seeds?

Answer 1

It is a fruit and the pumpkin itself is refered to as a berry by those who grow them.

Answer 2

A couple of Halloweens ago, the news was showing somebody who had an enormous pumpkin grown in his field. They went on to say that pumpkin is really "a berry on steroids". I think it looks like a gourd, myself.

But whether berry or gourd, it is in fact a fruit.

Now off to roast some pumpkin seeds!

P.S. If the seeds are actually inside the flowering part of the plant, such as a potato plant or celery etc., it's a veggie.

Answer 3

Anything with seeds in it is a fruit. That includes pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, and yes, okra.

Answer 4

Neither it is a squash and okra i'm not sure about because i usually have it fried or in some other dish. But i believe that they both can be counted as fruits as well.

Answer 5

Pumpkins, believe it or not, are technically a berry. So they would be considered fruit.

Although the pumpkin is botanically classified as a fruit (the ripened ovary of a flowering plant), it is widely regarded as a vegetable.

Answer 6

These definitions should answer your question.

pumpkin

A gourd, fruit of Cucurbita pepo; a 90-g portion provides 1.8 g of dietary fibre and is a rich source of vitamin A (as carotene); supplies 15 kcal (65 kJ).

okra

Also known as gumbo, bamya, bamies, and ladies' fingers; edible seed pods of Hibiscus esculentus. Small ridged mucilaginous pods resembling a small cucumber, grown in south America, the West Indies, and India; used in soups and stews. There are two varieties: gomba are oblong, bamya are round. A 100-g portion (raw) is a rich source of vitamin C; a good source of calcium; a source of carotene (500 μg), vitamin B1, and folate; contains 4 g of dietary fibre; supplies 30 kcal (125 kJ).

Answer 7

I believe it is neither!! Well, maybe a veggie, like a squash, yah, it is a squash of sorts , so, a veggie.
Okra, is gross!! And not only fruit has seeds!! what about;squash, zuccinni; actually if you think about what you plant in the garden every year, they all come from a seed!
Right?????

Answer 8

remember that if something has a seed its a fruit
its a squash
seeds=fruit

Answer 9

veggie here read it

Pumpkin is a warm-season vegetable that can be grown throughout much of the United States. ... Pumpkin is a very tender vegetable. ...

Answer 10

It would be a fruit.