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Juppysintellect: 4 months ago

What would define a fruit, a fruit? What would define a vegetable, a vegetable? What makes one a fruit or vegetable?

when I say this I mean what would categorize everything in categories as in all the fruits there are and not some.

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suayres: 4 months ago via iPhone

The term "vegetable" is generally accepted to mean the vegetative parts of plants, the non-reproductive parts of plants. But in actual practice, it seems to be plant parts which are not sweet, which explains why peas (which are technically seeds, thus fruit) are called vegetables, as are avocados, and beans, and so on. So the differences between fruits and veggies are really not at all clear....

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FunnyLittleFrog: 4 months ago

A fruit is the part of the plant which carries the seeds. A vegetable is any other part of the plant such as the root, leaves, flowerbud (broccoli), or stem.

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OhSnappItzVintage: 4 months ago

Fruits have seeds.

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Juppysintellect: 4 months ago

But what about cucumbers. They are veggies and they have seeds?

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StarwarsGirl: 4 months ago

Fruits have seeds and vegetables..are usually green?

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Juppysintellect: 4 months ago

What about apples?They could be green.

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KatieBKate: 4 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 8:17PM on 1/18/2013

Fruit are usually considered to be the fleshy part of a plant that contains the seed/s.
Vegetables are considered to be the edible leaves, stems and roots of a plant .

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