Is pumpkin fruit?

[Magnesium02]

There are at least four definitions relating to fruits and vegetables:

Fruit (scientific): the ovary of a flowering plant (sometimes including accessory structures),
Fruit (culinary): any edible part of a plant with a sweet flavor,
Vegetable: any edible part of a plant with a savory flavor.
Vegetable (legal): commodities that are taxed as vegetables in a particular jurisdiction

In everyday, grocery-store, culinary language, the words "fruit" and "vegetable" are mutually exclusive; plant products that are called fruit are hardly ever classified as vegetables, and vice-versa. For scientists, the word "fruit" has a precise botanical meaning (a part that developed from the ovary of a flowering plant), which is considerably different from its common meaning, and includes many poisonous fruits.

cu·li·nar·y
(kyl-nr, kl-)
adj.
Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery.

So yes, Culinary does refer to a way of defining things

[Colino]

So, it's weird that ants drop pumpkins. But then again, ants can carry many times their body weight, and the ants in XIV are really big ants, so I guess they could carry around a lot of those pumpkins. The question is, where did they get them, and why do they love pumpkins so much? Is this some kind of insidious plot? Are the ants planning on summoning some kind of great pumpkin primal? Maybe on Halloween? Ooh, spooky.

I like where this is going.

[Rokien]

not to derail the subject of pumpkin but has anyone tried this fruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum
it is also known as the miracle fruit. literally watched a states of tara episode this week with it and was like dang i need to try this out. not have yet but need to order some and it is actually pretty expensive. gonna probably buy a bunch and have a party with it and lots of foods that it makes taste good lol.

but basically if not check link it turns all bitter and sour foods into tasting sweet and good cause it latches something onto your tongue that does something with the acids in those foods that make it so they taste different. sounds like a fun time to try out with every sour and bitter food you can get your hands on and some beers!

Hmm wonder if they could make a bean pie taste good ^.^

[Griss]

It...has fruit in it.

This is the logic behind a slice of pizza being counted as a serving of vegetables in public schools in the states.

[Gramul]

This is the logic behind a slice of pizza being counted as a serving of vegetables in public schools in the states.

An exploit I used to it's furthest boarder.

[charlemagne]

Is strawberry a berry?

No it isn't. The seeds are on the outside so it's an not classified as a berry.

[Bowen]

An exploit I used to it's furthest boarder.

Pizza is a vegetable?
HA! Now I can retaliate with this fact on my doctor whom said that I needed to eat more vegetables.

[Catapult]

Classifications are a human invention designed to assist us in creating an order of things that is useful to us.

This ignores the fact that every type of living thing is unique in some way that can result in it having an exception within our classification system.

People will sort things in a way that is useful to them. A cook looks at a pumpkin and says vegetable. A botanist looks at a pumpkin and says squash->fruit. Neither of them are wrong for their own purposes.

[Rokien]

So does this mean I can say my fruit drink is a veggy ?

[Catapult]

So does this mean I can say my fruit drink is a veggy ?

Well... if it serves useful purpose by having that name then, sure. Just don't expect other people to know what you're talking about.