fruit or vegetable?

Question

I have a question. Is a tomatoe a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 1

A tomatoe is a fruit,but the grocery store classifies it as a vegetable.

Answer 2

Fruit

Answer 3

i read the answers and they are right. a vegetable is anything grown under the ground ... say potatoes for example. but we also have the cucumber which is not grown under ground but is a vegetable ... i have also heard the the tomato is a fruit, but most fruits are sweet or sweet tasting. i still consider the tomato a veggie tho.

Answer 4

Technically, it is a fruit. Scientists categorize these things on the basis of the structure of the edible portion. Like an apple or a pear, a tomato has a fleshy outer portion with seeds inside. This is very different from a potato or lettuce.

Answer 5

It is a fruit according to scientist because it flower and grows as an apple with seeds on the inside and a fleshy skin on the outside. At one time tomatoes were known as "love apples".

Answer 6

Yep, the people above are right. "Science dudes" say fruit, but I'm not going to cut it up on top of my cold cereal.

Answer 7

tomato is counted among vegetables

Answer 8

a fruit

Answer 9

It is what you want it to be. Science dudes will tell you it is a fruit. of course who assigns that name to it. Science dudes.