Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 1

A pumpkin is a fruit because it's a product of the seed-bearing structure of flowering plants.

Answer 2

A pumpkin is technically a fruit because it develops from the flower of a plant and contains seeds. However, it is commonly regarded as a vegetable in culinary contexts due to its savory flavor and how it is used in cooking.

Answer 3

Technically speaking, It is a fruit because a pumpkin is a fleshy plant that has seeds in it and comes from a flower... It is from the gourd family

BUT

Most people group sweet edible produce as fruits and unsweet produce as vegtables.... In that case a vegetable would be considered a vegetable

Answer 4

The pumpkin is considered a fruit. It is seed bearing.

More information

I got this:

"Pumpkins, squash, and some kinds of gourd are the fruits of four different species of this genus."

A pumpkin is classified as a fruit - a squash fruit that grows on a vine as a gourd.

Yes, it contains seeds.

All fruits contain seeds, which classifies a pumpkin, tomatoes, squash, and other such foods as fruits.

A fruit.

Here's the reason:

What's the glop inside pumpkins called?

I checked with my scientist friends and they told me the actual term is 'endosperm.' Endosperm is the flesh around fruit seeds.

What does that mean? It means that a pumpkin is a fruit. Yep! Specifically, it's a type of fruit called a pepo ('pee-poe'). Pepoes are fleshy with a hard rind and many seeds, which, if you add 'orange,' describes a pumpkin to a T.

The part of the rind that you cut through when carving a jack o' lantern is the mesocarp. The inner part of the rind is the endocarp. The endocarp is where the seeds and the endosperm are produced. Juice is made here, too. The juice makes things slimy. The slime makes things gloppy. The result is sticky fingers.

What does endosperm actually do? It might protect and nourish the seeds, an important job. And it might make the fruit more attractive to animals, who, in eating the fruit, help spread the seeds around.

Not all pumpkins are gloppy inside. Ripe ones are pretty dry. And some varieties are gloppier than others. How do you know which is which, since all of them are orange? Cut one open and reach inside. If the sound you hear is 'splort' you'll know!

Technically it is in the squash family and squashes are in fact veggies, but anything with seeds in it is a fruit, so naturally speaking it is a fruit

Pumpkins have an endosperm that cover the fruit seed so it is a fruit

Answer 5

Technically speaking, its a fruit. a) The seeds are housed in it, the same as an orange or apple b) When you eat a pumpkin, you're not eating the plant itself (like with a carrot, parsnip or potato etc), but what the plant has produced Strangely enough, tomatoes are also a fruit, while bananas are a herb

Answer 6

i have no idea i think its a fruit.

Answer 7

Technically speaking, It is a fruit because a pumpkin is a fleshy plant that has seeds in it and comes from a flower. It is from the gourd family.

Answer 8

It is classed as a "fruit".

Answer 9

Fruit.

Answer 10

Fruit