Is olive a fruit or a vegetable ?

@shilran (178)
November 12, 2012 7:37am CST
I have seen The Arabic people buying olives from super markets always When i was in Dubai. But i really don't know whether it is a fruit or vegetable?I guess it must be a fruit .However I have heard that Olive makes you healthy and more benefits like what it makes your skin color nicer. I can trust it because I have seen Arabic people, Specially Lebanese and Moroccans ladies have got very beautiful skin color. That was ivory color.
4 responses
crypto
@crypto (7)
• Greece
12 Nov 12
Definitely vegetable. Fruit: "The SWEET and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food." Olive is not sweet and is not treated or classified as fruit hence it is used as a accompaniment to salads mainly. Unless we assume that the vegetables are fruits too.
champan
@champan (513)
• Argentina
12 Nov 12
Fruits aren't necessarily sweet.
crypto
@crypto (7)
• Greece
12 Nov 12
I was referring to the culinary sense of these words. The assessment that the olive is a fruit because of the kernel is correct but what is the watermelon then?
Badkid
@Badkid (235)
• Philippines
1 Dec 12
olive is a fruit not vegetables..my grandmother is our Spanish side,they love to use Olive oil in their food..They pour too much olive oil..I didn't even tasted it once in my whole life.My GrandMother said olive oils are healthy.
urbandekay
@urbandekay (18278)
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12 Nov 12
Biologically it is a fruit, calling it a vegetable is like calling a whale a fish all the best, urban
akagami
@akagami (250)
• Indonesia
13 Nov 12
yeah i actually don,t know about that cause in my country that olive is something rare to find thanks for sharing guys