What are considered true vegetables?
                                
                                
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                                According to botanists at Cornell University, 'vegetable' is not a recognized scientific term, which causes much of the confusion surrounding food classification. This disparity between botanical and culinary definitions means the answer to what are considered true vegetables is far from straightforward.