Actually, contrary to popular belief, the tomato is in fact a fruit, due to it being a seeding and flowering plant. Society shuns it as a vegetable cos it doesn't fit in with its sweeter tasting breatheren.
But then I read this: "In 1887, the tomato reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling? Vegetable. So legally, it seems, the tomato is not a fruit." http://home.howstuffworks.com/question143.htm
So basically, whilst it technically is a fruit, when you refer to a tomato on Engadget, it's a vegetable... since every other person on here seems to be a legal expert.
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Actually, contrary to popular belief, the tomato is in fact a fruit, due to it being a seeding and flowering plant. Society shuns it as a vegetable cos it doesn't fit in with its sweeter tasting breatheren.
I stand corrected.
I looked it up - http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato
But then I read this:
"In 1887, the tomato reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling? Vegetable. So legally, it seems, the tomato is not a fruit."
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question143.htm
So basically, whilst it technically is a fruit, when you refer to a tomato on Engadget, it's a vegetable... since every other person on here seems to be a legal expert.