Botanically speaking, you are correct that the tomato is a fruit (though not a citrus fruit). In gardening and culinary lingo, tomatoes are commonly thought of as 鈥渧egetables,鈥 just like peppers, zucchini, and eggplants鈥攄espite them all technically being botanical fruits!
Botanically speaking, you are correct that the tomato is a fruit (though not a citrus fruit). In gardening and culinary lingo, tomatoes are commonly thought of as 鈥渧egetables,鈥 just like peppers, zucchini, and eggplants鈥攄espite them all technically being botanical fruits!