There are 2 different categorization systems - botanical and culinary. Both are valid systems for their topic, but ONLY for their one topic. Calling a tomato a vegetable is the correct answer for cooking, but the incorrect answer for botany, and vice versa.
You don't bite into a fresh tomato on a warm summer day?
There are 2 different categorization systems - botanical and culinary. Both are valid systems for their topic, but ONLY for their one topic. Calling a tomato a vegetable is the correct answer for cooking, but the incorrect answer for botany, and vice versa.
You don't bite into a fresh tomato on a warm summer day?
Actually i do
There's no such thing as a culinary vegetable.
huh?
you tellin me celery is an illusion?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vegetables
You're being pointlessly pedantic. Language has a purpose, and it depends on the context.