Name: 揭祕：西紅柿是水果還是蔬菜？| 大英百科全書 (DEMYSTIFIED: Are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable? | Encyclopaedia Britannica)
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Really, the answer comes down to who you ask.

A chef would say that fruits are sweet and fleshy, eaten as a snack or dessert, while

vegetables are savory and lower in fructose, eaten as sides or part of a main dish.

But a scientist, on the other hand, would say all these things are just "plants".

And the seed-bearing structure formed from a plant's ovary after flowering is called

So in scientific terms, that means familiar things like apples, oranges, and pears are

But it also means that things we usually say are vegetables, like pumpkins and avocados,

are actually fruit too, because of their seeds.

We know what science would say: because tomatoes have seeds, they're fruit.

Just like avocados and pumpkins (weird, right?).

But really what we call "fruit" or "vegetable" reflects cultural and culinary traditions,

These cultural and culinary traditions tell us to think about how these plants taste,

and how we use them when we cook, meaning the savory tomato is probably considered a

vegetable by most non-scientists, just like these other botanical fruits we usually call

Either term is appropriate, it just depends on the situation.

And even if you tell a chef that they're fruit, tomatoes might not taste great