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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable/ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/is-a-tomato-a-frui... Nope, tomatoes ar
by mvgoogler 8y ago
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Nope, tomatoes are technically fruits, though they are commonly considered vegetables.
Just like pterosaurs are technically not dinosaurs, but are commonly considered to be in our culture.
- eric_h 8y ago> tomatoes are technically fruits Tomatoes are quite obviously fruits. Most of the industrial tomatoes are tasteless because they're harvested well before they're properly ripe, but a ripe tomato harvested at the appropriate time is obviously (and tastes like) a fruit. It's almost as if vegetable is an overly broad (and as such not particularly useful) designation in the common lingo, much like dinosaur ;)
- umanwizard 8y agoHow is this related to what I said? Fruits and vegetables are not mutually exclusive. Fruit is a botanical classification (at least the way you're using it) whereas vegetable is a culinary one.