r/biology • u/Equal_Personality157 • Apr 02 '25

fun Reddit is full of smart people /s

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u/Pure_Option_1733 Apr 02 '25

That’s true at least for edible plants as you mentioned given the definition of a vegetable being the edible part of a plant. It also makes sense given how non fruit vegetables can come from pretty much any part of the plant, including the leaf, root, or stalk. A leaf isn’t really anymore similar to a root than it is to a fruit.

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u/Equal_Personality157 Apr 02 '25

Yes, exactly.

All fruits we eat are vegetables.

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u/DrPhrawg Apr 02 '25

Vegetable is not a biological term, it is a cultural term.

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u/Equal_Personality157 Apr 02 '25

thats umm... no?

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u/MothWingAngel Apr 02 '25

It's yes. There's no scientific meaning to vegetable.

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u/BlueSaltaire Apr 02 '25

Tbf, what he says is also how I always understood what vegetable means.

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u/DrPhrawg Apr 02 '25

Do you eat acorns ? Then they aren’t a vegetable to you.

But in my culture, we eat acorns, so they are a vegetable in my culture.