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Re: This can't be true...



Shawn B. wrote:
> For the record, a tomato is a fruit, not a vegitable.

While I agree it is a fruit, I think it is also a vegetable.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vegetable
veg·e·ta·ble  n.
1. A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet,
the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
The edible part of such a plant.
A member of the vegetable kingdom; a plant.

See also the Venn diagram at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable