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re: Tomato fruit or vegetable?

Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:07 am to
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:07 am to
Vegetables are determined by what part of the plant you actually eat. Leaves (lettuce) roots (carrots), flowers (broccoli), etc.

The fruit is the mature, fully grown, ovary of the plant. So the tomato is botanically a fruit.

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