Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable?

[Xyclone]

I would like to think of it as still a vegetable, even though it is classified as a fruit.

 

[Mo0o]

Fruit

 

[mercanucaribe]

Fruits are parts of the reproductive organs of plants. Of course it's a fruit. Nuts and beans are also fruits.
It's also a vegetable. Any part of a plant can be a vegetable.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Any part of a plant can be a vegetable.

Vegetable is not synonymous with plant.

 

[OffTopic1]

A related question for law makers.

Why breadfruit is a fruit while tomato, potato, and rhubarb are vegetable?

 

[serialkiller]

little do people know .. the tomato is actually a fegetable... its a hybrid fruit and vegatable.... vegatable because its not sweet... fruit because it has seeds.... ..


... pfff.....


anybody believe that?






hahahahha

 

[Chompman]

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Originally posted by: tikwanleap

Originally posted by: NatePo717

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
Contains citric acid and has seeds = It's a fruit

Ok, what about cucumbers? Fruit or vegetable?

They are neither.

They are womens playthings.

 

[tikwanleap]

Originally posted by: Chompman
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Originally posted by: tikwanleap

Originally posted by: NatePo717

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
Contains citric acid and has seeds = It's a fruit

Ok, what about cucumbers? Fruit or vegetable?

They are neither.

They are womens playthings.

OMG

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: tikwanleap
So which is it?

Answer.

The tomato is now grown world-wide for its edible fruits, with thousands of cultivars having been selected with varying fruit types, and for optimum growth in differing growing conditions. Cultivated tomatoes vary in size from 'cherry tomatoes', about the same 1-2 cm size as the wild tomato, up to 'beefsteak' tomatoes 10 cm or more in diameter. The most widely grown commercial tomatoes tend to be in the 5-6 cm diameter range. Most cultivars produce red fruit, but a number of cultivars with yellow fruit are also available. Tomatoes grown for canning are often elongated, 7-9 cm long and 4-5 cm diameter; these are known as 'plum tomatoes'.

 

[eplebnista]

Fruit

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Any part of a plant can be a vegetable.

Vegetable is not synonymous with plant.

Okay, plants and mushrooms.

Vegetables that are fruits: Tomatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers, peppers, squash, zucchinis, coconuts, peas, walnuts, sunflower seeds...