Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable

[xultar]

[LynzM]

1. Technically a fruit...

But that doesn't mean I'm putting any in my fruit salad!

[xultar]

8. Is that because of how the insides are structured? n/t

[LynzM]

12. I believe so

I think it has to do with where/how the seeds are? Let's find out:

fruit ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frt) n. pl. fruit or fruits

The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.
An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.
A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.
The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.
A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.
Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.
Offspring; progeny.
A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.


veg·e·ta·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vjt-bl, vj-t-)n.

A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
The edible part of such a plant.
A member of the vegetable kingdom; a plant.
Offensive Slang. One who is severely impaired mentally and physically, as by brain injury or disease.
One who is regarded as dull, passive, or unresponsive.


So, that's about clear as mud :)

[histohoney]

2. Scientifically

it is a fruit, legally it is a veg.

[buff2]

3. To me it's a vegetable

I don't put fruit on my hamburgers.

[DBoon]

4. "a prune is not a vegetable ..

Cabbage is a vegetable... makes it OK"


CALL ANY VEGETABLE!!

(and the chances are good ... a vegetable will respond to you)

[PhuLoi]

23. Brown shoes don't make it. Quit school, why fake it?

...she bites his fat neck and it curls up his toes...

[stellanoir]

5. definitely a fruit

that's why it was so damned absurd when Reagan declared ketchup a vegetable so it could be included in school lunch programs.

[SarahB]

6. Hmmm....

[LynzM]

13. I would say you're more fruit than vegetable

:P

Personally, I'll stick with being a banana. Hrmph.

[SarahB]

25. Bananas and pears!

:bounce:

[LynzM]

26. And pears.

Well, maybe ;)

[SarahB]

28. Those pears!

They are teases who need a taste of their own medicine.

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[redqueen]

20. Hi floridian_guy!

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

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[_TJ_]

9. Terri Schiavo is a vegetable

Karl Rove is a fruit

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. That was sorta tasteless.

[SarahB]

11. add salt

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. What? You want me to dehydrate TOO?

:evilgrin:

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Technically A Fruit. But, I Think Of It As A Veggie

And, i'm sicilian, so my word on the subject is law! Sicilians are genetically incapable of not eating tomatoes. It's just impossible. Put one in front of me. It won't last long!
The Professor

[PhuLoi]

15. It depends, if the stem is broken, its a vegetable.

[redqueen]

18. Ooooooh...

:spank: :P

[PhuLoi]

24. Sorry.

[redqueen]

27. No, it was good!

Bad, but good. :hi:

[redqueen]

17. It's a fruit.

A big, sweet, juicy, berry-type thing, IIRC.

[maveric]

19. Reagan said that ketchup is a vegetable, and ketchup is made from

tomatoes...and we all know that St. Ronnie knew it all...

Its a fruit.

[Freebird12004]

21. Ahhh ....it's Deadly Nightshade!

and I'm gonna eat it no matter what it's classification!

[Left Is Write]

29. Yes.

[AllegroRondo]

30. According the SCOTUS, its a vegetable

they ruled on this in the late 1800's, when vegetables were subject to import tarrifs, but fruits were not.