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Why is Tomatoes classed as a fruit and not a vegetable? Is chillies a fruit?

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blue-and-green

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Tomatoes were reclassified as a fruit to avoid paying a Tariff Tax.
Tomatoes were highly regarded as Devil Food as people first tried to boil and eat the leaves with dire consequences
Lauren

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Lauren

also known as "the love apple".

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blue-and-green

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This could get really complicated. I agree with the basic definition of a fruit, but I've always thought of it as an edible seed bearing body (beans and peas really screw this theory up, but they are classed as legumes - don't ask!!) Interestingly, this definition makes rhubarb a vegetable, and I haven't a clue what sweetcorn is classed as, as the cobs carry the seeds which we eat.

You say potatoe and I say potarto, you say tomayto and I say tomarto.....potatoe, portarto, tomayto, tomarto....lets call the whole thing off!

I think it's just one of life's imponderables! Or is it???

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