Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

[LegacyStijncat]

THE ULTIMATE QUESTION

IS A TOMATO

Well you read it above actually.

^{Just answer it.}

[Arty]

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=is%20tomato%20a%20fruit%20or%20vegetable

Can't Argue with google

[minibois]

THE ULTIMATE QUESTION

IS A TOMATO

Well you read it above actually.

^{Just answer it.}

I couldn't care less

[Enderman]

I've never heard of a tomato tree...

[Lolzious]

It goes with other vegetables.

Ever seen someone casually throwing a tomato in a fruit salad? No. That's disgusting. Mind you tomatoes are already disgusting...

[terrytek]

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=is%20tomato%20a%20fruit%20or%20vegetable

Can't Argue with google

I agree. Vegetable because unlike fruits, a tomato isn't necessarily sweet, more savory.

[TheSLSAMG]

I've never heard of a tomato tree...

I haven't heard of a watermelon tree either.

[OnekillWalter]

I've never heard of a tomato tree...

neither have I heard of berries tree. 

[Enderman]

I haven't heard of a watermelon tree either.

LIES

[Liam-McShane]

Technically they are fruits. 

[minibois]

Enough to post a reaction

I posted something else, but it was not very nice

[rmac52]

Botanically, a tomato is a fruit: the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. However, the tomato has a much lower sugar content than other edible fruits, and is therefore not as sweet. Typically served as part of a salad or main course of a meal, rather than at dessert, it is considered a vegetable for most culinary uses. One exception is that tomatoes are treated as a fruit in home canning practices: they are acidic enough to process in a water bath rather than a pressure cooker as vegetables require. Tomatoes are not the only food source with this ambiguity: green beans, eggplants, cucumbers, and squashes of all kinds (such as zucchini and pumpkins) are all botanically fruits, yet cooked as vegetables.

 

This dispute has led to legal speculation in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables, but not on fruits, caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy on 10 May 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)).[76] The holding of this case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of 3 March 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes.

 

Tomatoes have been designated the state vegetable of New Jersey. Arkansas took both sides by declaring the South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato both the state fruit and the state vegetable in the same law, citing both its culinary and botanical classifications. In 2009, the state of Ohio passed a law making the tomato the state's official fruit. Tomato juice has been the official beverage of Ohio since 1965. A.W. Livingston, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, played a large part in popularizing the tomato in the late 19th century; his efforts are commemorated in Reynoldsburg with an annual Tomato Festival.

Beat me too it.

This is the exact answer.

[GuruMeditationError]

Tomatoes are basically fruits, they're just not particularly sweet. 

[Guest Philosophy]

Fruit. /Thread.

[LegacyStijncat]

I posted something else, but it was not very nice

Thanks!

[Thorium19]

Well considering that the seeds grow inside the tomato, that technically makes it a fruit. Also, a banana is technically not a fruit, now go work that one out.

[Manny Calavera]

fruity vegetable or veggy fruit ...

 

 

...that is the question.

[lukky211111]

i actually work in a produce department it is a fruit.

[The_Strict_Nein]

Knowledge is knowing a Tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a Fruit Salad.

[gilm0re3]

Where is the Potato option?

[gilm0re3]

Knowledge is knowing a Tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a Fruit Salad.

Was waiting for someone to post this. Thank you.