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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As a proud Massachusettsan, tomatoes are definitely vegetables.

(Technically, tomatoes are both fruits and vegetables)

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Aren’t fruits subsets of vegetables? Without looking it up I thought that vegetables were the edible part of the plant and fruits are edible reproductive parts of the plant. I could be totally off on that though.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yea, you're totally correct. This whole confusion comes from a Supreme Court case that involved tariffs though... Basically, tomatoes are a staple good and should be taxed like a regular vegetable and not receive the elevated fruit tax.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does this vary from place to place?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It varies by language since the meaning of fruit and vegetable are language specific but that's universal for English. A fruit is an edible portion of a plant that contains seeds and a vegetable is an edible portion of a plant, so... all fruits are vegetables.

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