so if a a tomato is a fruit what is pumpkin?

ihave worked in a garden nursey for many years as ihave always been told that a pumpkin is a vegtable

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A pumpkin is a big orange critter that u use on halloween to scare kids etc..I have never eaten it as i think of it as satanic and i will not be possessed by the pumpkin demon...

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a fruit. Basically, anything that has seeds is a fruit.
a fruit. Basically, anything that has seeds is a fruit.
You open it, what do you find , SEEDS. So, technically It is a fruit.
a pumpkin is a gourd. same family as melons, cucumbers and squash.
Pumpkin is a member of the squash family
A squash. (cksq)
Tomato = fruit because of seeds
Therefore
Pumpkin- Fruit because of seeds! XD
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Pumpkin is a fruit, though used as a vegetable.
Crazy but true
Also a fruit
Also a fruit. Has seeds. They are inside the flesh. Fruit. Is a site called Pumpkin Facts on the web - check it out....
good question...im not sure. if it has seeds in it then its a fruit. do pumpkins have seeds....?
A tomato is not a fruit, because fruit grows on the same plant more than once and a vegetable only grows once.
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strictly speaking its a fruit as it contains seeds but in the kitchen it can be used as both a fruit or a veg. most gardening books will list in the veg section as it is normally grown on veg plot rather than fruit garden
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