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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 1 week ago

Is there even a botanical definition of vegetables?

[-] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago
[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

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."

[-] stray@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

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.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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