tomato - fruit or vegetable?

Great picture of a beautiful tomato. It is a fruit even though used very much like a vegetable. It is a fruit.

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.

i think it's vegetable...

tomato is vegetable

its a vegetable

scientifically speakin its a fruit.

i think its a fruit

I always call it a vegetable.. but reading everybodys opinion in here I must say I now am not sure anymore. Oke I just looked it up. I found a site that says Tomato is a vegetable.. fruit grows on trees and tomatos do not grow in trees... So I stick with vegetable :)

i think its a vegetable

its simple. vegetable.

fruit

definetely vegetable

In my knowledge, most of the fruits are eaten raw (uncooked) and vegetables are cooked accept in few receipe. So it has both uses. It should not be a matter of argument. Though it is good time pass..... seems you are enjoying very happy marriage life....isn't it!!!

I think it is a vegetable

vegetable

It's a fruit, definite!!

i think its a vegetable

well tomato i can bet is definetly a vegetable

A tomato is a fruit. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant.

It's a fruit. I've heard it many of times on tv shows, the news, etc. So I'm sticking with fruit.