This question has been asked so many times that you’d think everyone knew the answer. Most people know that botanists consider the tomato to be a fruit but don’t know that because of a Supreme Court decision in 1893 the tomato must be referred to as a vegetable. That’s right, botanists are breaking the law! I doubt any of them are going to jail but it is an odd little fact that could win you a bar bet. So if any asks you is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable you can tell them it depends on what you mean. Legally speaking.
