is a tomato a fruit or vegebale?

Technically, because a tomato is the ovary including seeds of a flowering plant it is a fruit or more specifically a berry. However, because vegetable is not a botanical definition, it can also be classed as a vegetable, as vegetable traditionally is used to refer to the edible parts of plants.

It is a fruit been that way for years the one that think it is a veggie needs to look it up!

oh its a funny question we all are considering tomato as a vegetable in daily use even i am also use it in the category of vegetables.but in fact i think it is a fruit.

Most people consider it as vegetable,but I really wonder the difference between fruit&vegetable.Take tomato,you think it's vegetable then would you please share the reason with me?I think most people consider tomato as vegetable only because others do like that.

Tomato is a vegetable.

Tomato is actually a fruit, i know weird hah, i always thought it was a vegetable!

The tomato is native to Central, South, and southern North America from Mexico to Argentina. Though it is botanically a berry, a subset of fruit, the tomato is nutritionally categorized as a vegetable. I do think that it is a vegetable.

Although we use it as a vegetable tomatoes are actually a vegetable and peanusts are actually beans or legumes. I wouldnt put a tomato in a fruit salad though. I like them alot better in the vegetable category. Oh well what are you going to do?

I know what you mean there has always been a big disagreement about whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable because some people say it is a fruit because it looks like a fruit,and some people say it is a vegetable because it is grown the way a vegetable is usually grown,but it is hard to tell who is right,I personally have always thought it is a vegetable because it does not seem like a fruit in the way it looks,smells or tastes,and I have always been told it is a vegetable by my parents and teachers.

i love tomatoes on everyting i always thought it was a vegetable to think of it being somthing else other the a vegetable i would have to adjust my thinking it don,t taste as a fruit to me.

A tomato is a fruit vegetable. My son who is in third grade had a science exam last week about plants. Let's recall the parts of a plant. We have the roots, stem/trunk, leaves, flowers and the fruits. Fruits are further classified into the fleshy fruits like mango, banana, apple etc and vegetable fruits like tomato, eggplant, chayote, squash, etc. I enjoy teaching my son ... I get to remember everything I learned from gradeschool. Honestly, i do forgot some of them. :)

I cooking, tomato is considered a vegetable because of the way it is used. However, since the tomato is the flower of a plant, it is considered a fruit. The same issue applies to peppers and other flowering "vegetables".