If a tomato is a fruit, why don't we put it in a fruit salad?

The word 'Fruit' has two definitions. A botanical, and a general dictionary one. Botanical Definition of Fruit: It is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants formed from the ovary after flowering. read more

So, botanically, tomato is a fruit, as it is the result of fertilization taken place in the flower, and has seeds. General meaning of fruit: The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food. So, for a layman, tomato is not a fruit, as it is not sweet. read more

doesn’t belong in a fruit salad.” So said Ken Silveira, president of Mastronardi Produce-West, to an appreciative audience this week at the Fresh Produce and Floral Council meeting. read more