Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Explain.

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Biology

Zoie Snyder

7 September, 08:24

Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Explain.

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Craig Whitaker · Answer 1

Tomato is a fruit.

Fruits have seeds. Tomatoes have seeds. Therefore, tomatoes are a fruit.

Jonas · Answer 2

A tomato is a fruit though typically placed with vegetables because of it's savory rather than sweet, the reason this plant is a fruit is due to the fact that fruits are classified as foods specifically with seeds which come from plants.