Is this a Vegetable or a Fruit?

I've always thought of this as a vegetable. Basically since it's most used in many main dishes. But reading all the responses here I've learned that it's also a fruit.

Tomatoes…a vegetable or a fruit? That is the question that has been burning in all of our heads since we came into this world. Actually, it is both. It has been recorded in history that in 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tomato is a vegetable. It all started with the Tariff Act of 1883 that placed an import duty on vegetables, but admitted fruits into the country without charge. So, a man by the name of Nix, sued to collect back taxes he had paid on imported tomatoes. Nix claimed that the tomato was a fruit. He stated that vegetables are the leaves and stems of plants, while a fruit was the actual "berry" that was created. He also said the tomato has seeds, a characteristic of vegetables. Most botanists and scientists agreed with him and viewed the tomato as a fruit. They said that true fruits developed from the ovary or base of the plant, and usually did contain the seeds.

tomato: vegetable or a fruit? that is the question that has been burning in all of our heads since we came into this world. actually, i think, it is both. Botanically it is a fruit. if we think scientically we will find that vegetables are the leaves and stems of plants, while a fruit was the actual "berry" that was created. They said that true fruits developed from the ovary or base of the plant, and usually did contain the seeds. but generally it is considered as a vegetable and i eat it as vegetable.

It is vegetable as it is used in most of the veg recipe. Use of it can be different as per our choice. But it does not mean that its group is changed.

I would say it is a vegetable. I am not sure why, but I have always been told that tomatoes are vegetables. I agree with you, tomatoes are very healthy.

A lot of fruits are considered vegetables. Tomatoes are fruit. Zuchinnis are fruit. All of the squashes are fruit. Cucumbers are fruit. Peppers are fruit. Onions are a vegetable. Some "vegetables" are flowers. Brocolli. For some reason people tend to think that fruit is sweet.

botanically it is a fruit but commonly eaten as a vegtable and considered one by many, in fact In 1893 , the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though, botanically, it is a fruit. Because vegetables and fruits were subject to different import duties, it was necessary to define it as one or the other. So, tomatoes were declared to be a vegetable given that it was commonly eaten as one. so from a botanical or science view point I suppose it is a fruit while legally it can be thought of as a vegtable, so it is both.

Officially as far as I'm aware tomatoes are classed as fruit, except we tend to think of them as vegetables generally. I love tomatoes especially cherry tomatoes, they are really delicious, especially if you chop them in half, squeeze some fresh lemon over them and sprinkle a bit of salt and pepper. Yummy!