Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Although we use tomatoes as vegetables, they are actually classified by botanists as fruits because they contain seeds inside their juicy, pulpy tissue. In fact, the tomato is considered to be a berry, much like the strawberry, blackberry, and raspberry. Aside from tomatoes, several other foods that we usually term vegetables ar
A tomato (at least scientifically) is still classified as being a fruit, but is actually more like a berry. It’s considered a vegetable when dealing with US tariffs. Here’s some info. http://en.wikipedia.
Well, botanically speaking, it’s a fruit, because it contains seeds. Technically, the fruit is the ovary of the plant, and the seeds are the ovules. So, any plant part that has seeds in it is, botanically speaking, the fruit. I often get strange looks from people when I ask them about the fruit from the squash plant, or their beans. OK, we eat the fruit of squash and beans. What other plant parts do we eat? Depending on the plant, all of them! We eat a plant’s leaves (lettuce, spinach), its stems (broccoli, asparagus), its roots (carrots, turnips), and its buds (artichoke, broccoli). We consume a plant’s sap (maple syrup) and it’s seeds (corn, walnuts). Many plants have edible flowers (nasturtium, violet, and deep fried squash blossoms). Ever wonder what the name is of that little stem-like thing that connects the leaf blade to the main stem? It’s called a petiole, and we eat that every time we eat celery or rhubarb. What part of the plant is a white (Irish) potato? Although it grows u
