• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    A vegetable is edible plant matter.

    Botanically a vegetable is anything that is not the reproductive portion of the plant derived from a flower. A root or tuber such as for yam or potato are vegetables. Edible flowers could be considered a vegetable since the ovary has not expanded to contain seed.