Comment on Honestly Bizarre
geissi@feddit.org 11 hours agoif it has seeds (in nature) then it was a fruit, otherwise it was a vegetable
Many vegetables have seeds.
Pumpkins are already in the example, but think peppers, legumes
Comment on Honestly Bizarre
geissi@feddit.org 11 hours agoif it has seeds (in nature) then it was a fruit, otherwise it was a vegetable
Many vegetables have seeds.
Pumpkins are already in the example, but think peppers, legumes
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I would still consider those fruits tbh, but yea they do draw the line
SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 8 hours ago
The thing is fruit/vegetable is not a category in botany. Fruit exists, and it kinda has that definition, that it carries seeds, but that doesn’t serve to distinguish it from vegetables.
Fruit/vegetable is a culinary distinction, rather than a scientific one.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
And this is the whole point of the controversy: The same word can have multiple meanings in different contexts and some people have trouble with that concept.