Could someone help me find written evidence that tomatos are in fact fruit, rather than veggy's, which everyone seems to believe.
Thanks in advance

What's the big deal with tomato's being vegetables then? I just eat them, don't think about what they are or supposed to be [img]smile.gif[/img]

Same for me. I think I once heard a debate where they said that it was both.

Look up "fruit" in a dictionary, it should say something like "The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms."

If it has seeds in it, and it started as a flower, then its a fruit.

why does everyone feel the need to classify everything? It Is. . . and thats good enough for me [img]smile.gif[/img]

Vegetables, as the word is used in everyday language, is a rather vague term.


I would say that a tomato is both a vegetable and a fruit.

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The tomato is definitively not a potato!

Its a vegetable people, c'mon!
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this is quite pointless........as is life....I guess it does make sense...

i've always considered it a veggie as i dislike it and most other veggies, but i like most fruits. i really don't care one way or the other tho, i'm still not going to eat it.