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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·3 days agoYou’re correct! “Vegetable” is a culinary term. “Fruit” is both botanical and culinary. The “tomato isn’t a fruit” nonsense comes from people trying to conflate the two; if we called botanical fruits “grunkles” we wouldn’t have this problem.
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 days agoAll in favor of renaming botanical fruits to “gruntled”? Aye Edit: God damn you, autocorrect
You’re correct! “Vegetable” is a culinary term. “Fruit” is both botanical and culinary. The “tomato isn’t a fruit” nonsense comes from people trying to conflate the two; if we called botanical fruits “grunkles” we wouldn’t have this problem.
All in favor of renaming botanical fruits to “gruntled”?
Aye
Edit: God damn you, autocorrect