Fruit is defined as the ripened ovary or ovaries (blossom) of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds. A vegetable is defined as a plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower. According to these definitions, tomatoes are fruit.

i say fruit-but go apples!!!! [especially FreshApples!]:-)

Whatever it is, it is gross. (Except in salsas, sauces, etc.)

There is no debate - it's a fruit - it has seeds (or pips) - pure and simple.

Fruit. If it has seeds, it's a fruit. Nuff' said.

fruit- I thought it was a veggie too but technically its a fruit. -it grows on a vine (btw a pumpkin is a fruit too) -it has a sweetish taste- well not the big ones but the small ones do -and it cans and preserves really well based on this I think it's a fruit- but I'm not going to get all dorky and start telling people who miss-call it. (I know people who do &(

veggie despite tha fact if it is fruit. Im not gonna believe im eating a hot dog with fruit! or eating a hamburger with fruit! Can you imagine that? eating a hamburger with some appels and bananas?

Yes its a fruit. Definition of fruit -the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant .

A fruit is the part that carries the seeds. Apples, grapes, and peaches contain seeds. So do tomatoes. So I guess your answer is yes.

A tomato contains seeds and this makes it a fruit.

yes it is a fruit. maybe it could be a vegatable...

Yes. Hence the old name 'love-apple'. (by the way, o is a cucumber, a bell pepper, a chilli, a squash.... anything with seeds.

Yes because they contain seeds.

Yes a tomato is a fruit. it has seeds. vegetables do not contain seeds

no. only idiots say that a tomato is a fruit. people are always trying to screw things up. a tomato has always been a vegetable and will remain a vegetable in the minds of the people. that is why they go in salads. you don't eat fruit salad with honeydew, pineapple, and tomatoes! duh. tomatoes go with other vegetables. cucumbers have seeds and they are a vegetable.

You have to distinguish in what context you asking the question. To a botanist, a tomato is undoubtedly a fruit, because it contains the seeds from which the next generation will arise. But to a cook, a fruit is a vegetable because it us used in places cooks usually use vegetables, in salads and in savoury cooked dishes. Questions like this do not have absolute answers, thay can only be answered in an appropriate context.

Aye..Indeed.

vegetable!

Supposedly a fruit, but I don't think I want it in my fruit salad.

its part of the berry family.because it grows on vines.

Fruit. Every time.

It should still be classisfied as a vegetable. Between the difference of fruits and vegetables, fruits tend to have more natural sugar and vegetables tend to have more natural fat, and I don't taste the sugar in a fruit.

fruit cause it has tomato seeds in the middle so thats what makes it a fruit vs a vegetable

It's technically a fruit, but I wouldn't really eat it with other fruits, just with vegetables.

Botanically speaking, it's a fruit. Culinarily speaking, it's a veggie.

tris992000: Ok, you had sead that the tomato is a fruit because it has seeds well vegetables have seeds as well like squash,oakra,egg plant, cumbers, all most all except lettuse,

Vegetable because something like this should not be pondered too hard. We are taught as kids it's a vegetable so ok great it's a vegetable if it is really a fruit oh well it's not the end of the world.

Fruit. ... we interupt this answer to bring you a message from the apple growers of Canada, "FFKK Pears!!!" ... Tomatoes grow in the same way as any vine fruit, very much like a grape ... its genetics and biology places it in the fruit family.

A tomato is a fruit. The way to tell is Fruits grow on trees and vines, like apples and peaches grow on trees. Grapes, all berries squashes and tomatoes grow on vines. vegetables like carrots and potatoes grow in the ground where all green vegetables grow on the ground.

Let's go to Wikipedia for an answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Fruit_or_vegetable It seems that it is a fruit, but people like considering it as a vegetable. It doesn't matter that much anyways...

It's a fruit

Technically it's a fruit since it contains seeds. But socially it's considered a vegetable because it doesn't have lots of sugar.

It is a fruit. It is also a berry, like a jalapeño chili pepper or a blueberry. Legally it is a vegetable, due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1893, Nix vs. Hedden (149 U.S. 304). It was ruled that because tomatoes are used as a vegetable in salads rather than deserts, this was the popular definition at the time therefore, tomatoes were affected by the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Fruit_or_vegetable Credit given to 'Unknown Personage' for providing the above link! Fruit: Fruit is defined as the ripened ovary, together with the seeds of a flowering plant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit.

Fruit. (Boy, I wish all questions here were that simple.)

Definitely a vegetable.

A tomato is a fruit, so that's what I consider it.

It is a fruit because it has seeds. Avacados and peppers are also officially fruits.

It is a fruit.

It's a fruit that I love to have in salads with lettuce(a veg).

It is classified as a fruit. Although I do not eat it mixed with other fruits but with vegetables so I consider it a vegetble.

they are a fruit as are many other things call vegetables. But from a cooking perspective sweet produce are fruits and non sugary sweet is vegetables.

Fruits are anything with seeds and a tomato consists of seeds so they are a fruit.(The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example.) http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato

Fruit actually

it is a mix, but the supreme court called it veggie, and i go with it

Botanicly speking, it is a FRUIT. Horticulturally speaking, the tomato is a VEGTABLE. Because it has seeds some say it is a fruit, while others argue it is a vegtable becuase it grows on the gtound.

but qucumber is a vegi and has seeds or wateva there called

Neither. It's a berry.

I belive it is a fruit because it grows on trees and has seeds. However im not sure, hope that helps :)

The tomato is a fruit! :) Wow, that was the easiest question I answered all day! Thanks! :D

Fruit or vegetable? Botanically, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant: therefore it is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. However, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and, from a culinary standpoint, it is typically served as part of a salad or main course of a meal, as are vegetables, rather than at dessert in the case of most fruits. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Botanical_classification

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It is a fruit.

It is considered a fruit. The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable, and a bean pod is also technically a fruit. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example. So a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant, but can be used as a vegetable in cooking. http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato

Fruit. IIRC it was called a vegetable for tax purposes or something.

A tomato is concidered a frut.

It's a fruit that tastes like a vegetable.

Fruit because it has seeds.

They are fruits.

fruit, a basic way to tell is that if it has a seed it is a fruit! no seed, vegetable!

A fruit. I'm sure I'm the 61st answer saying that. :)

Everyone who thinks a tomato is a fruit really needs to shut the hell up and get their head straight. While all of you seem so sure that it is a fruit, take a look at a pumpkin(IT IS NOT A FRUIT EITHER)! A pumpkin is squash, squash is not a fruit you dumb asses. Don't think that is enough, Take avocados as well. I have seen people claim it is a fruit because it grows on trees. Give me a break with the seed and grows on trees debate because it is getting really old and useless. Just because something grows on a tree or vine or whatever you people want to call it doesn't make it a fruit! An avocado is a vegetable. Your seed theory might as well be shot to hell along with your stupidity. A cucumber has seeds too, Are you going to claim that that is a fruit as well, ::Rollseyes:: I'm not saying that I know all, because believe me, I don't, but this crap is just common sense! Which most people do not seem to have.

Botanically it's a fruit. In the kitchen it's not sweet so it's used as a vegetable

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Everyone who thinks a tomato is a fruit really needs to shut the hell up and get their head straight. While all of you seem so sure that it is a fruit, take a look at a pumpkin(IT IS NOT A FRUIT EITHER)! A pumpkin is squash, squash is not a fruit you dumb asses. Don't think that is enough, Take avocados as well. I have seen people claim it is a fruit because it grows on trees. Give me a break with the seed and grows on trees debate because it is getting really old and useless. Just because something grows on a tree or vine or whatever you people want to call it doesn't make it a fruit! An avocado is a vegetable. Your seed theory might as well be shot to hell along with your stupidity. A cucumber,has seeds too, Are you going to claim that that is a fruit as well, ::Rollseyes:: I'm not saying that I know all, because believe me, I don't, but this crap is just common sense! Which most people do not seem to have.

fruits have seeds, veggies don't

Fruit!!

fruit

Tomatoes are fruit, as are cucumbers, red/green peppers, and avocados!

I think of a tomato as a fruit because it has seeds inside.

it is a fruit, its like a gay guy in a club, its the biggest fruit there is. unlike me i'm jus a cabbage lol

They are what they are and they are a fruit :)

It is a fruit.

Also = In the 1940s/50s, "tomato" was an endearing slang term for lovely young woman! ;-)

i have no idea now..this is like the "chicken and the egg theory" and it confuses they heck out of kids at school

I consider it a vegetable even though science tells me it is a fruit. Darn you, science!!! Always second-guessing me! :-)

I don't believe in Tomato.

It's technically a berry.

Yes, it is actually a berry.

It's a berry.

is it a gay tomato? if its smashed, you can say, Well it was a fruit, but now its a vegetable. -Brad

A fruit

It's a cherry.

The U.S. Supreme Court settled the controversy on May 10, 1893 by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert (Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304)).[24] The holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes other than for paying a tax under a tariff act. -Wiki

Since it is the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, it's botanically classified as a fruit.

It is a fruit. It has seeds in the middle.

its a fruit- lycopersicum esculentum - and if in a greenhouse they go flat if you forget to open the vents on a hot day, however, my answer doesn't count because I am not an atheist

Everyone's answering the tomato question... Why the hell do you need to know this from Atheists!?!

Context required. To a cook, it is a vegetable; to a botanist it is a fruit. As Einstein proved, everything is relative. And a tomato changes relative to the purpose for which you are classifying it.

Technically it is a fruit, but in cooking it is used more like a vegetable.

It's a fruit, but it believes that we live then die and that's it.

it is the fruit OF a vegetable. But in all technicalties yes it is a fruit, a seed bearing product of a plant.

Well, it's not gay so it must be a vegetable.

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Both. It's the part of a flowering plant that contains seeds, so it is a fruit. It's part of a plant, so it is a vegetable (as opposed to an animal or mineral).

According to the US Supreme Court, it's a vegetable. (Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304))

why is this an atheist question?

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I'm sorry, I know I'm not an Atheist, but there is no way to just comment in general. I love this question. Max points.

As a Christian I have faith that it is a fruit.