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Betty Lee typed:

+ Unfortunately, the dictionary definition isn't always the
same as
the + culinary interpretation.

Agreed. Technically, all fruits are vegetables, and some
vegetables
are techincally fruit, but it's still a bit odd to call an
apple a
vegetable
or to call a bell pepper a fruit.


I agree with everything you say in principle, but since you used
the word "technically" when you said "technically, all fruits are
vegetables," I have to disagree (technically).

A fruit is the part of the plant that carries the seeds. From a
culinary standpoint, we think of a fruit as being something
edible, but many fruits aren't edible, so are therefore not
vegetables. For example, the dandelion head that goes flying in
the air on a breath of wind is a fruit, but certainly not a
vegetable.

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Ken Blake
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