Tomamto is a Fruit or Vegetable????

In the strict sense of the word, fruit is the produce of a tree. But fruits may mean many things. Fruit of the womb, fruit of the lips, etc. Therefore, tomato may be referred to as fruit, fruit of the tomato vegetable.

Tomatoes are technically a fruit. A fruit is defined by having seeds. Fruit have seeds, Vegetables don't.

it's fruit.. i know it sounds crazy but that's what science tells us.

i think tomamto is a fruit.

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. Source: http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-tomato.html 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. Source: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato Botanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant, that is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. However, from a culinary perspective, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and it is typically served as part of a main course of a meal, as are other vegetables, rather than at dessert. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term. This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States, Australia and China. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy in 1893, declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, using the popular definition which classifies vegetable by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert. The case is known as Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304). While the Tomato can be classified as a fruit, it is officially categorized as a definite vegetable in the United States. The USDA also considers the tomato a vegetable. Strictly speaking, the holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, and not much else. The court does not purport to reclassify tomato for botanical or for any other purpose other than paying a tax under a tariff act. In concordance with this classification, the tomato has been proposed as the state fruit of New Jersey. Arkansas takes both sides by declaring the "South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato" to be both the state fruit and the state vegetable in the same law, citing both its botanical and culinary classifications. But due to the scientific definition of a fruit and a vegetable, the tomato still remains a fruit when not dealing with tariffs. Nor is it the only culinary vegetable that is a botanical fruit: eggplants, cucumbers, and squashes of all kinds (including zucchini and pumpkins) share the same ambiguity. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

A tomato is both a fruit and a vegetable. It depends on the usage. Scientifically, it is a fruit. Fruits contain the seed of the plant. A vegetable is any other edible part of the plant. When cooking however, a tomato is used as a vegetable. http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato

Fruit ..

its a fruit // because its juicyy

well generally we use tomato as a vegetable. but some people says its a fruit... i think 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.

Tommato is afruit as far as I know I have read it in an Encyclopedia

its vegetable not a fruit

Tomatoes are fruits!

It's a fruit but used as both fruit and vegetable.

I love tomato's.

first of all its not tomamto its tomato.........and it is a vegetable not fruit.........

vegetable.......

The person that made the big post is 100% correct, look at all the undeniable references. Just because some folks refuse to accept what something actually is, is their loss. They will only continue to make the same mistake over and over, never being correct, and never having learned anything. Pumpkin is alo considered a vegetable, but it is the fruit of the pumpkin vine. Have you ever grown potatoes? The potato is the vege part, and guess what, when a potato fruits, it makes little hard green tomato looking seed pods. I believe tomatoes and potatoes are in fact related. Someone else may be able to confirm that one. If you keep wanting to call a tomato a vegetable, you had better come up with some rules for what makes a vege a vege and why a fruit is a fruit. Don't rely on where things are piled up in the shop. Peanuts and cashews are both called nuts, but, peanuts grow under the ground (probably a vege) and cashews are a knob on the end of a tropical fruit, which most people have never eaten.

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm me think that its a Vegetable

I believe that a tomato is a vegetable. I have always thought this, for some reason I just do not believe it could be a fruit.