Why is a tomato classed as a fruit when we treat it like a vegetable?

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It IS a fruit because of how it grows.

The USDA (US Dep't. of Agriculture) has this info at https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md-barc/beltsville-agricultural-research-center/genetic-improvement-for-fruits-vegetables-laboratory/docs/tomato-facts/

Though botanically a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the tomato was a vegetable (NIX v. HEDDEN, 149 U.S. 304). The import tax placed on vegetables (but not fruits) protected U.S. tomato growers from foreign markets.

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