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I totally agree. It is completely nonsense to say. In other languages it is different. I just know some Spanish, but they don’t have a word for berries or nuts, it is all just fruit. (Forrest fruit for berries or dried fruit for nuts) but they don’t call potatoes vegetables, but “tuberculo”. Interesting difference, which i guess is because they have another climate and other plants.

We do just call it a vegetable in my language.

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flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Bayas y nueces… Tubérculo is closer to the botanical definition because it is a tuber (storage organ) and not a fruit (like most vegetables). And I would think that tubérculo could be any tuber vegetable, not just papas/patatas

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- cute_noker@feddit.dk ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression that nuez would only refer to walnut. And that an almond would not be a nuez.
  
  Is it a country specific thing because I usually see frutos del bosque in Spain?
  
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  - flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I guess things can have multiple names, too. In German you would also say Waldfrüchte (forest fruits) to mixed berries, but they are still Beeren (berries) as well. If you search for “postre de bayas” or “pastel de bayas” many recipes pop up. And sure, Spanish is obviously a diverse language with the divide between Spanish from Spain and from Latin America.
    
    Disclaimer: I’m part of the scientific bubble so that’s why I may here more terms that are botanical in Spanish ;)
    
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    cute_noker@feddit.dk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    What about nuez?
    
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