Is fig a vegetable or fruit?
The fig is a tree Ficus Carica grown for its fruit since ancient
times, so a fig is a fruit. Botanically all of the plant kingdom
are vegetable matter but horticulturally a vegetable is a plant
either cooked or eaten raw as part of the savory rather than the
sweet course of a meal.
To tell the difference, fruits have seeds and vegetables do not.
Figs have seeds so they are technically a fruit.
Strictly speaking most plants, except ferns, bear seeds,
including vegetables. In most fruits the seed is contained within
the fruit. So a fig bears fruit that carry the seeds so a fig is a
fruit.