What really counts as a vegetable?

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BTW, here's an interesting article... http://www.livescience.com/33991-difference-fruits-vegetables.html

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The fruit vs. vegetable debate can sometimes reach such a fever pitch that the law must step in. In the 1893 United States Supreme Court case Nix. v. Hedden, the court rule unanimously that an imported tomato should be taxed as a vegetable, rather than as a (less taxed) fruit. The court acknowledged that a tomato is a botanical fruit, but went with what they called the "ordinary" definitions of fruit and vegetable — the ones used in the kitchen.

Here's more on that Supreme Court case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden
 

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