La Tomate

The Tomato

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. lycopersicum

Botanically it is a fruit, but on May 10th 1893 the Supreme Court of the America deemed it a vegetable “based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert.”

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