Post by @lugal@sopuli.xyz

2026-10-17 22:16 UTC

No, they aren’t. Fruit describes a part of a plant, vegetable is defined in a cultural way and by the way they are consumed. So there is an overlap (including tomatos, zucchini, pumpkin, …) but most fruits aren’t vegetables. When we say “fruit”, we think of those fruits that are sweet and eaten raw or in cake or marmalade, … German has two words that can be translated into fruit: Frucht is the part of the plant and Obst is a social category of fruits that are sweet and you would expect in a fruit salad. So tomato is Frucht but not Obst.

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@insanemantis@lemmy.world 2026-10-18 00:17

Vegetables is a broader and higher classification of food. It describes any edible plant It refers to leaves, roots, stems, stalks, seeds, pods It even refers to fruits other than tomatoes, e.g. peppers, squash, okra, corn, peas… all fruits, some even berries If we wanted, right now, we could ALL just decide to start naming another subclass of vegetables, let’s say roots are now called beebles Well now it’s fruits, vegetables, and beebles. If this were a trinary of equal classifications, then we’d all swear NO YOU FOOL, POTATOES AND RADISHES ARE NOT VEGETABLES!!! THEY ARE DAMN BEEBLES!!! And that… just sounds so silly

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@dadarobot@lemmy.ml 2026-10-17 23:22

vegetable is the edible part of a plant. dont tell me a fruit is not an edible part of a plant.

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