Is it a fruit or vegetable?

Hey wtl! I have never heard of a watermelon referred to as a vegetable! Now this to me is going to far! I have always thought of it as a fruit! I don't care if it has seeds or not! There are plenty of veggies that have seeds and plenty that don't! What does seeds have to do with it? I think they consider tomatoes a fruit? I still don't get that either! But, a watermelon? Nope! I'm not going for that one! Then is a zucchini a fruit? Nope! Not going for that either! Where do these people get this stuff!

FRUIT! Is a cucumber a fruit, too?

I didn't know what the answer was all I know is I love it and it is my favorite snack of the moment. However you got me curious so here is what I found: Watermelon, the fruit that is really a Vegetable. Watermelon can be traced back to Africa and is part of the cucumber and squash family. Early watermelons were mainly rind and seeds. Today's varieties are larger, the flesh sweeter, the seeds smaller and the rind thinner. It is perhaps the most refreshing, thirst quenching fruit of all. Watermelon consists of 92% water and 8% sugar, so it is aptly named. Americans eat over 17 lbs of watermelon each year. The largest one on world record (Guinness Book of World Records) weighed 262 pounds. http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/month/watermelon.html

Hmm, Good question. I have always thought of it as a fruit. When I pick up watermelon it is in the fruit section at the grocery store and it is sweet like fruit. Then again, tomatoes are considered a fruit here and I always consider them a vegetable. My guess would be that if Oklahoma made them the State vegetable then they must know what they are doing. Now you have gotten my curiosity up. I will have to do some research on this. I don't even remember why they considered the tomato a fruit and not a vege. hmmm.

I think watermelon is a fruit just because it is used as such like any other fruit. Watermelons cannot be cooked like a vegetable does, as far as I know. Nor can it be used as a salad with any dressing to be served with other foods. But we can serve the watermelon as or in a fruit salad. Then if a fruit in the botanical sense, such as tomatoes,is used as a vegetable, I think also the case of watermelon is that when a vegetable in the botanical sense is used as a fruit.

Hmmm... That is interesting. I'd say it's a fruit, because as you said, it has seeds. The seedless watermelon, I believe, is also a fruit because, even though it doesn't have seeds, it doesn't actually exist in nature that way; it's altered to grow without seeds. Is that right? I think that's right, but I could be wrong. I'd still call it a fruit, though.

That is interesting. We have always been taught it was a fruit. We had always been taught that tomatoes were a vegetable, but they are teaching that as a fruit.

thats a tricky one. cucumbers and squash also bear seeds as well as a plethora of others.. and are considered vegetables. watermelon grows the same as them.. and is considered a fruit.. same as a tomato is technically a fruit as well. so really.. who knows? o.O

hi wonttakelong, Watermelon is a fruit,it is not vegitable,though its cover is green,it is not meant for cooking nobody will cook food with water melong,it is meant for eating as pieces and make the juice from the pieces and take as juice,really it is good for health in summer,have a nice day

wont, watermelon is a fruit. It is a summer fruit. It is watery or juicy enough to quench the parched throat momentarily. Health wise, it actually provides only liquid in the body. I have stopped confusing myself whether what I am eating is a fruit or a vegetable. If it is leafy, I call it veggie. If it is seedy, I call it fruit. So, eggplant, okra, squash, string beans, mango, grapes, cucumber and so on are fruits to me. In my country, we call watermelon pakwan.

Hey!..the watermelon is a gourd like pumpkin and squash, so its a vegetable despite its fruity taste..Enjoy!

Definitely a fruit. I am more concerned with the fact that tomato is a more argumentative topic whether it is a fruit or a vegetable.

Watermelons are neither fruit or vegetables. They're fregetables. The watermelon is the flower of the watermelon plant and holds seeds: fruit. However the watermelon is also part of the cucurbitaceous plant family of gourds and is related to squash and cucumber: vegetable. It exhibits characteristics of both fruit and vegetables. IT is also treated as a fruit and vegetable. In North America , they treat it as fruit. They eat it with their deserts. However in China , it is stir fried and stewed. Therefore it is a FREGETABLE! FREGETABLLLLLLLLLLLLE!

No. not because it is sweets flavor and has refreshing qualities it is considered as fruit. Watermelons is member of cucurbitaceae plant family of gourds related to a cucumber,squash, and pumpkin. It is planted from a seeds or seedlings, harvested. and then cleared in the field like other vegetables.

It's a fruit. I didn't know people considered it to be a vegetable, I really don't see why people would. You get seedless grapes but they're still a fruit, many fruits have alternative which are seedless and there's a real reason why vegetables are that as they're very much different. To me a tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable, I really don't get where the debate is about these things.

LOL--I've always considered watermelons as fruit whether seedless or not. One could think of "seedless" grapes or tomatoes as veggies then, no? Uh, would that make tomatoes fruits then since they have seeds? How about avocados???? Don't have seeds but large pits and are considered veggies, aren't they? I'm confused

Watermelons is a fruit,because it can be eaten raw and have many water content

Watermelon from what I know is classified as a fruit because it cannot be mix in stew or any cooked viand. The only thing I know which is classified as both fruit and vegetable is TOMATO, botanically tomato is a fruit, scientifically a vegetable. Watermelon did not fall in this category, so it is purely a fruit no doubt about it.

I say that they are a fruit because of the fact that they do have seeds that are within the edible flesh of the fruit. That said, I also think that seedless watermelons are also a fruit because they have been genetically altered to not have the mature seeds within them that most watermelons have. However, I've never in my life cut into a seedless watermelon that didn't have at least a few immature seeds in the flesh.

Beside all the points until now :P I can just say its sweet and then its fruit :) Keep the talking and throw me 3-4 watermelons i will watch and eat it even if you consider it garbage :D