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Is a tomato a fruit or Vegetable

I say its a vegetable!

http://www.cookinglouisiana.com/Arti...g-or-Fruit.htm
Botanically the Tomato is a fruit, however, at the United States supreme court, Justice Gray ruled that because tomatoes where known as and used as vegetables, that's what they were...vegetables! I don't believe things are what they are, just because much of the population considers them as it. It is a fruit.

Some idiot said fruit but it's more of a vegetable.

iHot it meets all the specifications for a fruit.

It's a fruit, you can't call it a vegetable just because you don't like it xD

Vegetables can be a lot of different things including fruit (tomatoes), flowers (broccoli) and roots (carrots). The classification of vegetable is culinary, meaning that it only really matters when you talk about cooking. Tomatoes are used in the kitchen in the way that we use other vegetables, so even though it is a fruit by scientific classification, it's also a vegetable by culinary classification.
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Posted by iHot (Post 23923)

Some idiot said fruit but it's more of a vegetable.

Yea... Idiots, Idiots everywhere :rolleyes:

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Tomato may refer to both the plant (Solanum lycopersicum) and the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler climates.
The tomato fruit is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes and sauces, and in drinks. While it is botanically a fruit, it is considered a vegetable for culinary purposes (as well as by the United States Supreme Court, see Nix v. Hedden), which has caused some confusion. The fruit is rich in lycopene, which may have beneficial health effects.

Source: Wikipedia.