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The word vegetable is from the Latin vegetare “to enliven,” from vegetus “vigorous, active,” from vegere “to be alive, active” in reference to a plant growing Download JeongJeong 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In common speech, a vegetable is the edible part of a plant that is not sweet-tasting Annie Bread<\/a>. The use of the word vegetable can be somewhat arbitrary because of that. For example, in Mexico and the U.S., the avocado is used in salads and dips, and is therefore considered a vegetable Only Park Gu-yoon downloaded mp3<\/a>. However, in Brazil the avocado is eaten with sugar as a dessert or in milk shakes, and is considered a fruit. To see which foods are considered to be vegetables that may actually be fruit, read the tip Fruit Defined<\/a> Download KLab<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Botany is the science of plants. It involves study of the structure of plants and results in their classification based on their structure. In botany, parts of plants are not named based on their taste futura bk \ud3f0\ud2b8 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. A vegetable is the edible part of a plant that does not have seeds. This would mean the leaf, stem, or root of a plant. For example, the part of the carrot plant that we eat – the carrot – has no seeds in it and is classified as a vegetable pclink2000 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the different parts of plants used as vegetables:<\/p>\n