Is the tomato a fruit or vegetable

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In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant.

However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.

and this diagram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fruitandveg.png

I see tomatoes as veg because they do not belong in a fruit salad. Plus tomatoes are savoury and are not eaten for dessert.

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

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Originally Posted by Distain

OMG I can't belive that this thread went on this long haha. Tomatos are fruit, becuase vegetables don't have seeds,but fruits do and a tomoto has seeds. or somthing like that.

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Find a dictionary that defines vegetable as something that doesn't have seeds. Also, what does that make beans? Pumpkin?

Again, fruit and vegetables are not mutually exclusive - one can be both.

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http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost....0&postcount=13

I don't like to consider it a fruit because I'd feel weird putting fruits in my sandwiches :p