What's the difference between a Fruit and a Vegetable?

What really makes a tomato a fruit and not a vegetable?

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00:00What's the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Here's some kitchen table

00:06trivia. How can you tell a fruit from a vegetable? Fruits, by definition, are

00:12seed-bearing structures that develop from the ovary of a flowering plant,

00:16whereas vegetables are all other plant parts, such as roots, leaves, and stems.

00:21These definitions may sound simple, but they're quite useful. For instance, now

00:27you know that seedy growths, such as apples, squash, and yes, even tomatoes are fruits.

00:33But roots, like beets, leaves, such as spinach, and stems, like celery, are all vegetables.

00:40In culinary terms, however, the outlook is different. Chefs tend to consider savory edibles

00:46as vegetables, even if they're technically fruits. I'm talking about tomatoes, bell peppers,

00:51and eggplants. Next time you're chomping on a salad, just know this. It's healthy to eat

00:57fruits and vegetables, no matter what you call them. Fruits and vegetables, just another

01:01one of life's little mysteries.