Tomato Vegtable or Fruit?

[freezorburn]

I've heard this thing about if it has seeds its a fuit. WTF This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit and not a vegetable. It also makes cucumbers, squash and green beans all fruits as well.

My god, if this is true the supermarkets have been putting all these items in the wrong place. What is the truth?

Sorry off season break down.

[beaterdit]

Tomatoes are fruit.
Ketchup, on the other hand, is a vegetable.
No seeds.

[Art Shirk]

Ranch is also a vegetable.

[Van_skier]

From wiki:

"Vegetable is a culinary term which generally refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are normally considered vegetables. Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom fungi, are also commonly considered vegetables. In general, vegetables are thought of as being savory, and not sweet, although there are many exceptions. Nuts, grains, herbs, spices and culinary fruits (see below) are normally not considered vegetables.

Since “vegetable” is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in referring to a plant part as a fruit while also being considered a vegetable (see diagram). Given this general rule of thumb, vegetables can also include leaves (lettuce), stems (asparagus), roots (carrots), flowers (broccoli), bulbs (garlic), seeds (peas and beans) and botanical fruits such as cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and capsicums. Botanically, fruits are reproductive organs (ripened ovaries containing one or many seeds), while vegetables are vegetative organs which sustain the plant.

The merits of the ongoing question, "is it a fruit, or is it a vegetable?", have even found its way before the bench of the United States Supreme Court which ruled unanimously in Nix v. Hedden, 1883, that a tomato is a vegetable for the purposes of 1883 Tariff Act even though botanically, a tomato is a fruit."

[Viva]

I've heard this thing about if it has seeds its a fuit.

In the Bible sperm was refered to as seed, at least those who "spilled" or "cast" theirs. Were all the old prophets fruits?

[Griz]

The Alcalde says it is a Vegetable.

[AbsolutStoli]

actually, i read somewhere that its a berry. i believe its not just if it has seeds or not, but how it grows. like if it grows on a tree or a bush or if it like a mellon that grows on a vine and ripens on the ground.

[freezorburn]

Tomatoes are fruit.
Ketchup, on the other hand, is a vegetable.
No seeds.

Wait, so Ketchup is fruit juice. But the Suprem court says it's a vegetable so it's veg juice... Or berry.

No closer to any answer. I'm go with the scientists It's a fruit. And Viva watch out for Lighting don't piss off the prophets!.

[Nobody Famous]

Ice (naturally occurring) is a mineral, but water is not.