Unveiling The Truth: Are Avocados Fruits Or Vegetables? Find Out Here!

The are incredibly healthy and have become so increasingly popular in the last couple of years.

It's the tastiest part of any plant-based meal, but the burning question is, is avocado a fruit or vegetable?

Avocado on toast is probably one of the most popular breakfast choice, lately. And add a poached egg and seasoning, that's a pretty healthy way to start the day.

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Did you know that Americans consume a whopping three billion pounds of them in the last couple of years, according to readersdigest.com.

Is avocado a fruit or vegetable?

After a long investigation, readersdigest.com is going to let us know. Does avocado belong in a fruit bowl or a vegetable crisper.

Avocado is fruit.

How did we get to this answer? To be classified as a fruit, the delicious thing we're eating must contain a seed and develop from the flower of a plant. When you think of plums, apples, grapes, and more the seeds and pits in the middle - these are fruits.

The leaves of the plants, stems, and roots are vegetables. Think spinach (leaves), celery (stems), and carrots (roots).

When we think about eating fruits and vegetables, we know fruit is the sweeter taste than the taste of vegetables.

Thanks to readersdigest.com, "Avocados develop from a flower, so from a botanical perspective, they are considered fruits. The small greenish flowers grow on trees in their native Mexico and other warm climates. However, despite fitting all the requirements for a fruit, avocados are more often treated as vegetables in terms of how we eat them. The USDA agrees, classifying avocado as a vegetable due to its nutritional content and culinary use.

And, another tid-bit of information about the amazing avocado, it's in the berry family of fruits.