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Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value, and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. Any part of an herbaceous plant that humans eat whole or in part is a vegetable, except for culinary fruits and arguably grains, nuts, herbs, and spices. Also, mushrooms are commonly considered vegetables, despite belonging to a different biological kingdom, namely fungi (which used to be classified as plants).

Vegetables include leaf vegetables (for example lettuce), stem vegetables (asparagus), root vegetables (carrot), flower vegetables (broccoli), bulbs (garlic) and botanical fruits such as cucumbers, squashes, pumpkins, avocados, capsicums, as well as botanical pulses such as green beans, and fleshy, immature seeds such as those of peas or beans.

Since "vegetable" is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in a plant part being a fruit botanically while still being considered a vegetable (see diagram). See Nix v. Hedden for a United States Supreme Court's ruling on the matter.

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I guess since im a vegetarian im only allowed to eat vegetables?
automatischLIZ (Elizabeth) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:19:35 -0000
I guess since im a vegetarian im only allowed to eat vegetables?
Its i coocked it: om it was tomatoez with with some delicious sause in the inside and it had leters and some other vegetables
pabloopicklee (pablo orellana) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:17:46 -0000
Its i coocked it: om it was tomatoez with with some delicious sause in the inside and it had leters and some other vegetables
King Crab Legs, spare ribs, wild rice and southern vegetables tonight.
ronjordan (ron jordan) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:14:09 -0000
King Crab Legs, spare ribs, wild rice and southern vegetables tonight.
Fucking farmers market motherfuckers towed my fucking car. Never buying your fucking organic vegetables ever again. Fuck you sun towing co.
catstothemax (Andrea C) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:07:34 -0000
Fucking farmers market motherfuckers towed my fucking car. Never buying your fucking organic vegetables ever again. Fuck you sun towing co.
@bigfleet not eating his vegetables
SeriousBizznass (Serious Business!) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:58:49 -0000
@bigfleet not eating his vegetables
@pcfhjeff Healthy? All right then. Fruits or Vegetables?
BrookeCantCook (BrookeCantCook) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:57:01 -0000
@pcfhjeff Healthy? All right then. Fruits or Vegetables?

 
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