Is a tomato a veggie or fruit?


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Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable...

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Botanists classify it as a berry. Horticulturists classify it as a vegetable. In 1893, the US Supreme Court ruled it a vegetable.

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The tomato is a fruit, but is often called a vegetable. But scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. ChaCha Rocks!

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After some consideration, the Supreme Court makes its decision: Tomatoes are vegetables!

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