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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

The controversy isn't about what they are, it's about what we call them and which categories we put them in on charts. It's like arguing over silly group names - is it a murder of tomatoes or a flock?

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[-] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

Vegetable isn't a biological term. While fruit is a biological term, but it's also a culinary term just like vegetable.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

I was literally saying this about the mushrooms the other day!

[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

The cast of Vegitales lied to me!

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

There's the scientific classification, and the classification we use for cooking. Obviously the cooking one is far more relevant for the vast majority of people.

When you have a few psychedelic cousin in the family, they let you into any club.

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