Assertion: tomato | /r/HasProperty | vegetable
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: legally
type: MANNER
value: for culinary purposes
type: PURPOSE
value: depending on context
type: OTHER
value: in the 1800s
type: TEMPORAL
value: generally
type: MANNER
value: because of the way
type: CAUSE
value: despite being a fruit
type: OTHER
value: in common usage
type: LOCATION
value: in a decision
type: OTHER
value: by the government
type: OTHER
value: because of its savory flavor
type: CAUSE
value: based on the popular definition
type: OTHER
value: in culinary terms
type: OTHER
value: in function
type: OTHER
value: in cooking
type: LOCATION
value: in botany
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: An interesting aspect of tomato history is the classic debate: Is the Tomato a Fruit or Vegetable?
text: Whether a tomato is classified as a fruit or a vegetable depends on whom you ask.
text: Even though tomatoes are categorized as a vegetable, they are technically a fruit because they contain tomato seeds and their plants bear fruit, while vegetables are edibles that contain stems, leaves or roots.
text: From a culinary (cooking) point of view, tomato is considered a vegetable primarily because it is not sweet and not usually used in desserts.
text: Tomatoes are commonly called vegetables, but they are actually fruits.
text: They are classed as fruits rather than vegetables in botany.
text: Tomatoes are often considered as a veggie, even though in fact they are a citrus fruit.
text: Although often treated as a vegetable in cooking, the tomato is actually a fruit that belongs to the nightshade family, along with aubergines, peppers and potatoes.
text: Labelled as a vegetable for nutritional purposes, tomatoes are a good source of vitamin C and the phytochemical lycopene .
text: Although in culinary terms, tomato is regarded as a vegetable, its fruit is classified botanically as a berry.
text: The Tomato: Vegetable or Fruit?
text: The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy on May 10, 1893, by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use—they are generally served with dinner and not dessert (Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304)).
text: Though it is botanically a berry, a subset of fruit, the tomato is a vegetable for culinary purposes because of its savory flavor (see below).
text: Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
text: Tomato is a vegetable whose road through history was not easy and filled with numerous misconceptions and roadblocks.
text: Until the late 1800's the tomato was classified as a fruit to avoid taxation, but this was changed after a Supreme Court ruling that the tomato is a vegetable and should be taxed accordingly.
text: Tomatoes, although botanically a fruit, is legally a vegetable as a result of the 1893 Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden, as “they are seen as vegetables because they are usually eaten as a main course instead of being eaten as a dessert.
text: Yet in a triumph of ordinary language over scholarly, the highest court of the land ruled in 1893 that the tomato was a vegetable and therefore subject to the tariff.
text: Though botanically a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the tomato was a vegetable (NIX v. HEDDEN, 149 U.S. 304) .
text: In 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tomato was legally a vegetable in a decision resolving a dispute concerning import duties, making an important legal point that the meanings of terms used in laws and statutes refer to common everyday meanings, not necessarily the scientific meanings.
text: In 1893, the United States Supreme Court ruled, for the purpose of levying a tariff, that the tomato was a vegetable.
text: The Court ruled that even though the tomato was botanically a fruit, it was a vegetable in function and common usage.
text: The tomato is a vegetable -- right?
text: Botanically, the tomato is a fruit, but in 1883 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tomato was legally a vegetable because of the way it was commonly used; tomatoes are among the most common plants grown in home gardens.
text: Tomatoes had always been considered as fruit but the confusion came when the Supreme Court of USA declared that tomatoes were vegetables.
text: In 1886, in a tax lawsuit with a tomato importer, the Supreme Court ruled that tomatoes are vegetables, according to National Geographic.
text: In the 1800s it was classified as a vegetable by the government so it could be taxed under custom regulations.
text: Botanically, the tomato is a fruit but in 1893 the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato would be classified as a vegetable so that it could be taxed under tariff law.
text: Despite technically being a fruit, the tomato is generally categorized as a vegetable.
text: But when it comes to nutrition, tomatoes —along with seedy cucumbers and zucchini—are categorized as vegetables.
text: Tomatoes are considered a fruit or vegetable depending on context.