On 16 Oct 2004 23:06:03 GMT, "Stan Goodman"
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:56:15 UTC, Tim Tyler opined:

Antipodean Bucket Farmer wrote or quoted:

Technically speaking, what is the difference between a
fruit and a vegetable?

Dunno if it's very technical - but:

``Definition of fruit and vegetable''

- http://www.comevisit.com/chuckali/definition/

But it's incorrect, because it confuses botanical and culinary definitions:

The problem is the question. It's like saying "technically speaking,
what's the difference between a long story and a novel?" There IS no
technical definition. When the gov't recommends 8 servings of "fruits
and vegetables" per day, they're not talking taxonomy, but general
perceptions. It might more specifically be 8 servings of "foods
produced by plants." But then some would quibble about sugar, or
vegetable oil.