What makes a fruit a fruit?

Question

Okay, okay, I know the seed debate. So, by definition, a tomato is a vegetable. This makes pumpkins, squash, and even peppers a fruit. But...

What the heck is a seedless watermelon? I think watermelons are fruit, but because seedless watermelons lack seeds...

Answer 1

Fruits grow above the ground and Vegetables grow below the ground or partially below.

Also fruits are symmertrical....i think  

Answer 2

Hi Johnny, I quite agree with you on this one. Peppers have seeds and they are most definately vegetables. We could debate this for hours and not come to a satisfactory conclusion. Watermelons are definately a fruit. Seedless fruits are fruits that have been developed to possess no seeds, generally to make consumption easier and more convenient. They are therefore considered commercially valuable. Most commercially-produced seedless fruits have been developed from plants whose fruits normally contain numerous relatively large hard seeds distributed throughout the flesh of the fruit.

Answer 3

Tomatoes are in fact fruits, not vegetables. The seedless watermelons would have grown seeds were they given the time but I think they pick them before they are able to develop them. How would the seedless watermelon be around if it had no seeds, the thing that makes them reproduce!