Tomato is a vegitable or a fruit?
By adilpm
@adilpm (188)
India
8 responses
@zubair439 (3183)
• India
13 Oct 06
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.
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@coolme_kiran (992)
• India
10 Oct 06
tomato scientifically is a fruit.but it is called as vegetable because no one eats it as it is and it is mainly used in cooking like other vegetables.
@dumbosiyad (53)
• India
10 Oct 06
who is this fool. all of us know what tomatoe is. its a question of undoubtful answer. its a non veg fruit