https://www.pitara.com/tags/tomatoes/Recent content in Tomatoes on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/living-world-for-kids/is-tomato-a-vegetable-or-a-fruit/Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:55:56 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/living-world-for-kids/is-tomato-a-vegetable-or-a-fruit/<p>We think the tomato is a vegetable, but it is actually a fruit. Because it is not sweet and is used for providing flavour to food, we think of it as a vegetable.</p> <p>The tomato is originally from Mexico. The word &ldquo;tomato&rdquo; comes from the Spanish tomate, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word tomatotl. Spanish explorers who went to South America about 500 years ago, brought back the tomato to Europe. The French called them love apples, while the British called them apples of gold. Young men made necklaces of tomato seeds and presented them to their loved ones.</p>