What are the diffeneces between a fruit and a vegetable?

Answer 1

A fruit is the seed containing portion of the plant which is eaten, such as a tomato, apple, pear, squash, etc. Vegetables- a portion of the the main plant is eaten, not the seeds. Examples- carrots, beets, onions, spinach.

Answer 2

A fruit is a capsule containing the seeds of a plant.

A vegetable is a root or a leaf eaten as food,the seed of the plant is found else where on the plant, for example a turnip or a lettuce.

Answer 3

Fruits can be vegetables.

We usually think of fruits as sweet, but they are defined as any product of a tree or other plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food. That's the important part - the seeds are inside it. If the seeds are in a fleshy pulp then it is a berry. So a tomato is a berry and a fruit, and a banana is also a berry.

A strawberry is a fruit, but it is not a berry.

A vegetable is defined as a plant, or part of a plant, eaten as food.

Answer 4

Fruit is a botanical term, while vegetable is a culinary term. A fruit is the ripened ovary of a seeded, flowering plant. A vegetable is a plant that is grown for its edible parts. Therefore, fruits can technically be vegetables. In cooking, the word fruit is usually used to describe a more sweet plant (those with higher fructose content.) While fruits with lower fructose content are referred to as vegetables (tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, pumpkin and squash are examples.)

The debate over whether a tomato was a fruit or a vegetable was actually ruled on by the United States Supreme Court in 1883. In the case of Nix versus Hedden Their ruling was that a tomato is a vegetable.

Answer 5

Vegetables do not have pips/seeds Eg. : Apple, fruit Cucumber, fruit Carrot, vegetable

Answer 6

A fruit has seeds in it. A vegetable does not. So it brings up the tomato Question about whether it is a fruit or vegestable and it is a fruit because it has seeds.