Tag: Seed bearing plants

Botanically, many foods we consider vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and pumpkins, are actually fruits because they develop from the flower's ovary and contain seeds. This distinction, however, often clashes with common culinary usage, where taste and preparation method are the primary factors for classification.

According to botanists, the term "vegetable" does not exist, as it is a culinary classification, not a scientific one. This means that everything we refer to as a vegetable is technically not a vegetable from a purely scientific standpoint, but rather a catch-all term for many different edible plant parts. The common confusion often arises when we apply everyday culinary definitions to things that are botanically fruits.