New puzzle, sort of...

Sorry folks, but I have a niggling little question:

When is a fruit, not a fruit, but in fact a vegetable?

Please note, I'm not interested in the occurences of a fruit being a vegetable, just a fruit that isn't a fruit, but is a vegetable.

(NOR logic, not OR/AND).

Originally Posted by Baph

Sorry folks, but I have a niggling little question:

When is a fruit, not a fruit, but in fact a vegetable?

Please note, I'm not interested in the occurences of a fruit being a vegetable, just a fruit that isn't a fruit, but is a vegetable.

(NOR logic, not OR/AND).

fruits have seeds, veg don't

Originally Posted by sarah

fruits have seeds, veg don't

That doens't answer the puzzle though now does it?

Is this the rhubarb issue where the americans were defining import duty (or whatever) based on how something was eaten rather than botanical types?

Originally Posted by sarah

fruits have seeds, veg don't

Is that correct?

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From Wiki
In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant.

Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are generally considered vegetables.

bananas aren't real fruit are they?

Originally Posted by Carsick

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From Wiki
In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant.

Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are generally considered vegetables.

Now there's a pleasant thought...

Originally Posted by sarah

bananas aren't real fruit are they?

They are but the sort you eat are the result of selective breeding and human interferance (wild Bananas have seeds, the ones in Tesco's don't)

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

They are but the sort you eat are the result of selective breeding and human interferance (wild Bananas have seeds, the ones in Tesco's don't)

cool, like seedless grapes. wonder why more seedless fuits haven't been developed?