• bob_lemon@feddit.de
    172·
    1 year ago

    I mean, that it’s a terrible definition of vegetable, considering it rules out a very large amount of vegetables, including tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplants and cucumbers.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      61·
      1 year ago

      You can apply that to pretty much any categorization we make for the natural world.

      The natural world doesn’t care for our categorizations or social construct. It can, and will, make shit that just does not fit to any of our boxes, and like it!

      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        1 year ago

        Man: mammals have live births and give milk through breasts (technically mammary glands, though most expect nipples)

        World: have you met my friend the platypus?

        • SpookyAlex03@lemmy.zipEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Ah yes, the semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal of action. A key part of god’s fight against those who demand everything be neatly categorized into simple boxes

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        It’s a cooking term, not a biology term.

        In cooking, tomatoes are vegetables. Biologically, they’re fruit. In cooking, they’re not fruit.