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There's often confusion over whether the tomato is a fruit or vegetable. Even though the tomato is a fruit, it is usually treated like a vegetable by chefs. The reason the tomato is technically a fruit is becau...
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Botanically, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of flowering plant; therefore it is a fruit, more precisely, a berry.
http://www.chacha.com/question/is-a-tamato-a-fruit-or-v...
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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...
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/t...
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Botanically, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. Therefore it is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry . By U.S. tariff laws, a tomato is considered a vegetable . The applicable law defined produce by its use...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_tomato_a_fruit_or_a_vegeta...
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To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS? If the answer is yes, then technically, (botanically) you have a FRUIT.
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The world really has two different meanings for the word fruit. There is the use of the word when you go to the grocery store, and then there's the use of the word by a botanist. In the grocery store, we generally understand a fruit to be a...
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In 1893 , the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though, botanically, it is a fruit. Because vegetables and fruits were subject to different import duties, it was necessary to define it as one or the ot...
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Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a fruit. So is a watermelon, green pepper, eggplant, cucumber, and squash. A "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. ... Horticulturally speaking, the tomato is a vegetable plant. The plant is an annual and nonwoody. Most fruits, from a horticulture perspective,
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This article provides both sides of the tomato fruit or vegetable question. ... So, is a tomato a fruit or vegetable? With all that information, it is still tough to tell.
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