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tomatoes, Fruit or vegetable?
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Is a tomatoe a fruit or vegetable
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I remember having these discussions years ago and the answers were:-
1. if it a reproductive element (contains seeds)of the plant it is a fruit
2. if it is a seed that is hard it is a nut.
3. if it is an aromatic plant without a woody stem it is a herb (herbaceaous plant)
4. if it is any part of a plant other than the fruiting body it is a vegetable
I reckon that 'cos it has seed in it, the banana is the fruit of a herb (banana plant doesn't have a woody trunk/stem)
note: a little used feature of google is define: such as
define:banana
But a strawberry's seeds are on the outside, yet you wouldn't dream of calling it a vegetable, so that isn't the true test. Instead, the simple and accurate test is always that if it grows wholly or partially underground (onion, leek, potato, etc) it's a vegetable, but if it grows wholly above ground (apple, pear, strawberry, tomato) it's a fruit. And Yes, that means that sweetcorn and cucumbers are technically FRUIT..!!