Are tomatoes a fruit, vegetable... or berry??

Since when was berry part of the debate? Shut up and eat it is my response 🙄

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SW-User

I feel like it'd be a berry if the plant were not an annual...

fsck, now I gotta look it up.

dumpstermeow · 41-45, F

@DeadCowboy: come back and tell us 😁

SW-User

@dumpstermeow: as near as I can tell they should be classified as berries; berries are a subset of fruits that have seeds but no pit or stone, in horticultural terms.

dumpstermeow · 41-45, F

@DeadCowboy: mind=blown

SW-User

@dumpstermeow: The scientific usage of the term "berry" differs from common usage. In scientific terminology, a berry is a fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower in which the outer layer of the ovary wall develops into an edible fleshy portion (pericarp). The definition includes many fruits that are not commonly known as berries, such as grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines) and bananas. Fruits excluded by the botanical definition include strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries, which are aggregate fruits. A plant bearing berries is said to be bacciferous or baccate.