Can an orange be considered a vegetable?

[RecklaZ]

I will say no but my friend swears it can. Is he full of sh*t ?

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

no, i don't think it can, its a fruit (seeds)

 

[minendo]

i thought the only questionable one was a tomato

 

[Antoneo]

<< no, i don't think it can, its a fruit (seeds) >>


Correct.

 

[Talon]

Oranges are a citrus fruit.

 

[JC]

No, but a tomato is technically a fruit! Can't remember the reason why, though....

 

[Daniel]

Maybe he's confused with the whole tomato/fruit thing.

EDIT: Hahhaha nice timing everyone.

 

[Rastus]

All fruits are vegetables.

I think all plants are vegetables, hence the word vegetation; or the phrase animal, vegetable, or mineral.

Or maybe not, I'm too lazy to look it up.

 

[linuxboy]

Can an orange be considered a vegetable?

Absolutely. But then that creates a problem of a classification and nomenclature system for things we consider "citrus" as well as the problem of reclassifying existing "vegetables" under a different name. I propose that we simply call all vegetables citrus and all citrus vegetables . Et, viola; an orange can indeed be considered a vegetable...


Cheers !

 

[Rastus]

Shouldn't this post be in the highly technical forum?

 

[fatbaby]

<< no, i don't think it can, its a fruit (seeds) >>



string beans?

~fat

 

[monk3y]

Yeah I don't know about string beans but I always learnt it the way PaNsyBoy8 did... With anything with seeds being fruits.

 

[JC]

Google to the rescue!

 

[Sir Fredrick]

Oranges are vegetables like steak is a vegetable.

I must say that chicken is my favorite vegetable, with hamburgers coming in second. Those are the kind of veggies you don't eat raw though.

 

[JC]

ecch, I've known people to eat raw hamburger......(not advisable )

 

[guyver01]

<< Google to the rescue! >>




Most folks think of fruits as something sweet, often used as desserts, while vegetables are generally used as a side dish or combined with other foods in salads, casseroles, etc.



that's how i see it

 

[RSI]

<< Shouldn't this post be in the highly technical forum? >>

rotf

-RSI

 

[hans007]

fruit's are things that have seeds inside of the flower. flower becomes the fruit.

 

[amnesiac]

oft-misunderstood fruits:
Tomato
Avocado
Cucumber
Richard Simmons

 

[jthsmak]

botonists classify tomatos as fruits
horticulturalists(sp) classify them as vegetables

 

[JeremyJoe]

<< oft-misunderstood fruits:
Tomato
Avocado
Cucumber
Richard Simmons >>



hahah

they all have little spawnlings inside of them that no one wants to hatch so they can grow and huant us at the dinner table and in our dreams ::shrudders::