is pumpkin fruit or vegetable
Fruit is a botanical (scientific) term, vegetable is a culinary (cooking) term. There is no such thing as a vegetable in botany. In botany, pumpkin is a fruit because it is the 'fruit' of it's plant (produces the seeds) just like a pepper or corn.It's dissimilar to a carrot or beet which are 'roots' or celery which is the plant itself or lettuce which is the leaves of a plant. They are only called vegetables with respect to eating them.t actually has the properties of both fruit and vegetable. Anything that grows on trees and has seeds in them is called a fruit. Pumpkins come from the squash family of fruits.Some people use pumpkin for cooking also and that is why the confusion arises if it is a fruit or vegetable.