Are olives a vegetable or a fruit?

[supernova]

I was suddenly pondering this as I ate them out of the jar with my cute little olive fork.

[NMDemDist2]

1. they come off trees

so I'm guessing fruit

[JTG of the PRB]

2. I believe they're a fruit.

They do grow on a tree, after all.

I could be wrong, however. It's happened before!

[Darth_Kitten]

3. They are fruit from the Gods......

man, just love sucking that little piece of pimento out...... :D

[Bake]

5. They don't grow with that little pimento in there ....

I think somebody stuffs 'em in there ... just sayin'.

Bake

[Darth_Kitten]

7. I can't handle this information, it cannot be true!

:cry:

[Bake]

8. It's OK, I could be wrong!

Maybe they DO grow that way!!

:rofl:

:hi:

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[LTR]

9. Okay, so are pimentos 'fruit'?

[Ediacara]

21. Pimentos are a type of pepper

So yes, they're also fruits.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. They're an inedible fruit

soaked in poison and used to ruin martinis.

[Bake]

11. Best. Answer. Of. The. Thread.

How about a dirty martini?

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[hippywife]

18. I wouldn't want to live

in a world without olives. I love them that much! :9

[Lavender Brown]

24. seriously

I could eat a hundred in one sitting. I wouldn't, but I could. :9

[Bake]

6. They're good for making oil, anyway.

I love to sop up olive oil with fresh bread!!!

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[LTR]

10. And they kick ass in a dry martini!

[Crabby Appleton]

12. Depends. When they're in a drink, they're a fruit

When they're on a pizza, they're a vegtable.

[Skittles]

13. sometimes they are a cat :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7594608#7595015

[cbayer]

14. They are a fruit

because they have a seed in the middle. Sometimes its inedible, sometimes its an almond.

[lizerdbits]

16. Almond stuffed green olives

They are good!

[KitchenWitch]

15. Fruit

[DarkTirade]

17. A fruit.

A gross fruit, but a fruit nonetheless. :P

[lost-in-nj]

19. yuch

they taste like DIRT


ergo


they are a weed


case closed....



lost

[Ediacara]

20. Fruits

Does it have a seed? Yes.

Did it used to be a flower? Yes.

Case closed. It's a fruit.

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. That it's the murdered unborn progeny of an olive tree is the only important fact here.

:grr:

:mad:

You fuckin' liberals just love to kill the unborn, don't you?

[leeroysphitz]

23. I don't know about olives but...

[yellowcanine]

25. They are a fruit. "Vegetable" is not actually a botanical term. "Fruit" is.

Hence the confusion about the tomato fruit which is used as a vegetable.