Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable ??? what do you think?

Based on what I remember from science class way back my highschool days, tomato is really a fruit. So, generally speaking, if it has seeds, it is a fruit...(i just dont know if there are exceptions). So you consider a vegetable "a vegetable" if it doesn't have seeds...like the green leafy vegetables. so, Cucumber is a fruit, etc..

tomato's a fruit if 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. that's what i got in my research hope that it won't bother you anymore

This question is not an opinion. I know it is a fruit. Because people use blueberries and apples like a vegetable doesn't make them a vegetable. They are fruits. No ifs, ands or buts. It is a fruit. This is why. Fruits contain seeds. Vegetables do not. Look it up. Cucumbers are also fruits. Now if you are in the United States the Supreme Court ruled it a vegetable. Yes they did. Look it up. It was around 1888. But regardless of what the US Supreme Court says it is still classified as a fruit.

What a great discussion. Everyone has their reasons on why it is a fruit or a vegetable. I myself believe that it a fruit only because that was always what I was told.But it seems that people have lots of good reasons to call it a vegetable. So I guess the tomato needs to have it's very own category. It is good in a salad, it is great in sauces, it is great cooked, and it is just about anyway you want to prepare it. And it is very healthy, so guess it comes very close to being the perfect food.

calling something a fruit or vegetable is basically just habit; based mainly on whether it is sweet or not. there are three classifications for "edible vegetation": fruit - the ovary of the plant - the part that contains the seeds for reproduction - this includes tomatoes, cucumbers and squash, as well as oranges, melons and apples root - where the edible part is mainly underground - carrots, turnips and potatoes leaf - where the edible part is leafy - lettuce, cabbage and rhubarb hhhmmm - does a banana have seeds?

neither a fruit nor a vegitable. It has characteristics of both. So we cant really put it into any single category.Ummm a new category maybe??!!.. Vegfruit?/ ;)

I think it is a veggie. ~Pinks~

Hi There! Well, a tomato is referred to as a fruit. I am not totally sure of why this is...but that is what it is. I know if I had the option of biting into an apple or a tomato I would go with the apple everytime! cheers,

tomato really is a fruit.. thats the truth

Tomatoes are classified as fruit.

This continues to be one fruit that no one can pin down. The experts say its a fruit but to me it is more suited as a vegetable. I do eat it just lke a fruit sometimes but even so it is so different in taste. in my book that a vegetable. (lol)

It is definatley a fruit! If you look on the ones that have packaging on them it says on there they are fruit.

Isn't it a veggie?

Yeah it does get confusing. A lot of people I know insists that it is a fruit. I'm guessing though that it is a vegetable because it is from the family of eggplants and tomatos. I'm not saying that this is the truth though because I'm just guessing. If anyone knows any better feel free to enlighten us please.

Tomato is a fruit even thou alot say it's a vegetable. Look it up. It's classified as a fruit.

I have always heard that it is a fruit because it has seeds.

I think it is technically a fruit however most people treat it as a vegetable, because it tastes more like a vegetable. In a bowl of fruit you rarely see a tomato because they are not sweet like other fruits.

It's a kind of vegetable as like the cucumber.I think the fruit can only be eaten with raw.And vegetable could be cooked or eaten by raw.I like eat both of them raw.hehe

It has play a duel role Based on its nature.. Yes, Tomato is the Fruit: because we used to put the Juice by using the Tomato.. So this is called the Fruit.. Yes, Tomto is the Vegetable : Because we are using the Totamo for our food, to prepare the Rasam and the tomato will play a main role and also peple used to eat the Tomato rice very often. So, this can called as a vetetables also.. we have more items like this will play the duel role and more roles by ites nature.. for example "Water.."

This is really difficult to figure out. But for me it is a fruit if you are going to bite it like an apple he he he! But it is a vegetable if my mom or my sister will use it as one of the ingredients ha ha he! But the real thing I heard about tomatoes --- it is a kind of fruit that's why my father loves to bite it like an apple and I do, too! lol!