is a tomato a fruit or vege?

Answer 1

FRUIT

Answer 2

The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable, and a bean pod is also technically a fruit. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example. So a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant, but can be used as a vegetable in cooking. (Askoxford.com)

Answer 3

Fruit

Answer 4

To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?

If the answer is yes, then technically, you have a FRUIT. This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit. It also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts all fruits as well. VEGETABLES such as, radishes, celery, carrots, and lettuce do NOT have seeds (that are part of what we eat) and so they are grouped as vegetables.

Now don't go looking for tomatoes next to the oranges in your grocery stores. Certain fruits like tomatoes and green beans will probably always be mostly referred to as "vegetables" in today's society.

Answer 5

Which ever you wish it to be.
All plants have fruit since all plants have seeds and seeds are fruits. It seems to be an ongoing debate on Yahoo, but is of little real importance, since a tomato provides much more nutrition then a lot of fruits, I prefer to consider it a vegetable, but if you prefer to call it a fruit that is fine too. To each his own, and neither are wrong.

Answer 6

It is a fruit but is classified as a vegetable to Fed. Tax purposes. A fruit is any plant that has flower before creating its product. A tomato produces a flower for pollination.

Answer 7

It's considered a fruit because of its seeds!

Answer 8

tomato is definitely a fruit.

Answer 9

It's a fruit because it has seeds inside, vegetables don't.

Answer 10

It's one of my favorite fruits.

Answer 11

It is the ripend ovary of a seed-bearing plant therefore, it is a fruit.