Brilliant beautiful non twit lit gardens. Is an olive a fruit or a vegetable?

Question

Thank you all kindly, but I'm not totally convinced... shall extend this for difinitive opinions, pesticides legal and illegal not included. Gogranny!

Answer 1

I'm a 1/2 twit lit. I'm just a gardner that has no degree, does not have all of the answers in any given subject and will look up the answer, copy and paste it. I also give the source. If I do know the answer without looking it up I will still include a link/source for verification for my answer.
These are my credentials!

OLIVES ARE OF THE FRUIT FAMILY!
Olives and olive oil are an important part of the diet throughout the Mediterranean.
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http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/hobbies/food__drink/fruit_and_vegetables.html

PS I hunt and peck when I type /reason for cut 'n paste/faster for me

EDITED:
I use only organic fungicides pesticides and insecticides. Or none at all!

Answer 2

Olives are fruit, as they meet the definition of a fruit: the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. - generally if it is a fleshy, like oranges or bananas, or tomatoes and contains the seed inside for dispersion through various means, it is a fruit.

Answer 3

an olive is truly a fruit.

But since I'm not a Master Gardener or a licensed with pesticides am I allowed to answer your question?

Answer 4

They say that fruit has seeds and vegetables don't. Some olives have pits. Maybe that is considered a seed? Maybe they are fruits.

Answer 5

It grows on a tree, so it's a fruit.

Answer 6

if fruits have seeds then what is a cucumber? hummm...