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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago
[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Ketchup lobby in full swing

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Vibe judging.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Is there even a botanical definition of vegetables?

[–] stray@pawb.social 3 points 19 hours ago

No. What is or isn't a vegetable is determined entirely by whether we collectively consider any given plant or plant part a food item.

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[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if in other romance languages is the same, in Spanish and Catalan the two definitions are distinguished by being masculine or feminine. Fruto/fruit being masculine is the botanical fruit and fruta/fruita is the culinary fruit.

How is it in other romance languages?

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Almost, but not quite. Fruto and fruta are not two genders of the same word, but two different words, with different sources words (fruto fructus and fruta fructa)

Meanings are very similar, so there's a lot of mixup.

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wow whoever made this post is SO smart

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