avocado...?

Posted by: jabber

avocado...? - 08/30/13 01:00 PM

Asked google and verizon this question: Is avocado a fruit or a vegetable? Both gave different answers. First it's a fruit.
Second it's a vegetable. What say you??? confused
Posted by: Anne HolmesAdministrator

Re: avocado...? - 08/30/13 03:25 PM

Hey Jabber, I don't know but here's what I think I recall from science classes in school. The avocado has a large pit in it, just like a peach, plum or other "stone fruit." So from that point of view, it is a fruit. But it's not juicy and sweet like a fruit -- and it's green -- so we tend to categorize it as a veggie.

Now don't go asking me what a strawberry is, given that its seeds are on the outside...
Posted by: yonuh

Re: avocado...? - 08/31/13 12:32 AM

Technically, it's a fruit, just like a tomato is a fruit.
:-)
Posted by: Di

Re: avocado...? - 08/31/13 01:48 AM

yonuh......you are so smart!! grin
Posted by: jabber

Re: avocado...? - 08/31/13 05:16 PM

I knew you ladies would know. It's the "technically" that gets me!