Vegetable of a flowering plant. This is considerably different from the word's culinary meaning. While peaches, plums, and oranges are "fruit" in both senses, many items commonly called "vegetables", such as eggplants, bell peppers, and tomatoes, are botanically fruits. The question of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893. The court ruled unanimously in "Nix v. Hedden" that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the Tariff of 1883 on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically
Passion fruit (fruit) to make juice. A whole fruit contains 68 calories per 100 grams. The amount of juice in passion fruits is 25–40%. Passion fruits are cultivated on an industrial scale. The name of the fruit is spelled as either one word ("passionfruit", Dictionary.com) or two words ("passion fruit", Webster's Dictionary, Collins English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary). Passion fruit (fruit) The passion fruit is the fruit of a number of plants in the "Passiflora" family. Edible passion fruits can be divided into three main types: There's also sweet granadilla ("Passiflora ligularis"). Passion fruits are round or oval. They can be