You’re both right. It’s important to note that this classification only applies to botany. Botanically, it’s a fruit. Just like a peanut is botanically a bean.
Culinarally, tomatoes are a vegetable.
And for the purposes of tariffs, taxes, and customs, according to Nix v Hedden, it’s a vegetable.
There are many ways to classify an item. This just happens to cross boundaries depending on context.
You’re both right. It’s important to note that this classification only applies to botany. Botanically, it’s a fruit. Just like a peanut is botanically a bean.
Culinarally, tomatoes are a vegetable.
And for the purposes of tariffs, taxes, and customs, according to Nix v Hedden, it’s a vegetable.
There are many ways to classify an item. This just happens to cross boundaries depending on context.