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minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 个月前Is there even a botanical definition of vegetables?
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 个月前A pdf to clear it up, and confuse you more… maybe. https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/wp-extension/uploads/sites/2073/2020/04/Is-it-a-Fruit-or-a-Vegetable.pdf
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前That just defines fruit. Vegetable has no formal definition, and in practice is defined basically as “parts of plants we eat that aren’t considered fruits or nuts.”
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前No. What is or isn’t a vegetable is determined entirely by whether we collectively consider any given plant or plant part a food item.
Is there even a botanical definition of vegetables?
A pdf to clear it up, and confuse you more… maybe. https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/wp-extension/uploads/sites/2073/2020/04/Is-it-a-Fruit-or-a-Vegetable.pdf
That just defines fruit. Vegetable has no formal definition, and in practice is defined basically as “parts of plants we eat that aren’t considered fruits or nuts.”
No. What is or isn’t a vegetable is determined entirely by whether we collectively consider any given plant or plant part a food item.