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What’s the Difference Between a Fruit and a Vegetable?

If you’re here to settle a produce aisle bet on matters of semantics where edible plant varieties are concerned 'What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?” you will be perhaps chagrined to learn that for.

What’s the Difference Between a Fruit and a Vegetable?

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Tomato, tomahto. Potato, potahto. If you’re here to settle a produce aisle bet on matters of semantics where edible plant varieties are concerned – ‘What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?” – you will be perhaps chagrined to learn that for many of those food pyramid superstars, the answer isn’t very simple. There’s a lot of either/either, neither/neither involved with what makes a fruit a fruit and a vegetable a vegetable and a fair amount of crossover between the two categories. Read the full article by Chowhound here
What’s the Difference Between a Fruit and Vegetable?

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