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Is that like an official definition for vegetables from some government? Because I don’t feel like there is a particularly good definition of vegetables. People mostly wouldn’t refer to apples as vegetables, for example.

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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds. An alternative definition is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition; it may include savoury fruits such as tomatoes and courgettes, flowers such as broccoli, and seeds such as pulses, but exclude foods derived from some plants that are fruits, flowers, nuts, and cereal grains.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I wouldn’t call all cars a Honda Accord, either, but all Honda Accords are still cars.

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- squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The analogy doesn’t work. The apple is the narrow group, while vegetables are the wide group.
  
  To make your analogy fit to the original statement it would be: “People mostly wouldn’t refer to a Honda Accord as a car”. Which is the opposite of what you are saying and it’s also not true, so it really doesn’t make any sense.
  
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