Is avocado a fruit?

Question

Is avocado a fruit?

Answer 1

techically is a berry, all people call it fruit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

Answer 2

Yeah, but it looks like a veggie because of its green color.

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

Yeah. Who said fruits need to be sweet.???

Answer 5

Yeah.

Answer 6

Avocado is a lot like tomatoes in this regard. Botanically, yes, both are fruits. But culinarily both are used primarily as vegetables, at least in Western cuisine.

Short answer: mostly yes, but one could also make a case for no.

Answer 7

It's a vegetable if the chef says it is, it's a fruit if the market seller says it's a fruit. It's an avocado when some taxonomist name it like that!!!

Answer 8

Yes...because of it's seed..but a lot of people call it a vegetable.