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Imantaghavi Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Vegetables Vs. Herbs

Hi,

What's the difference between "herbs" and "vegetables"?

Cheers,

Iman
  

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Hi Vegetables are plants that provide part of the bulk of the meal: potatoes, carrots, cabbage, spinach ... Herbs are plants that are used in small quantities to give flavouring to the meal: basil, rosemary, thyme, mint ... Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Vegetables are plants that provide part of the bulk of the meal: potatoes, carrots, cabbage, spinach ...
  • Herbs are plants that are used in small quantities to give flavouring to the meal: basil, rosemary, thyme, mint ...
  • Dave
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Hi

Vegetables are plants that provide part of the bulk of the meal: potatoes, carrots, cabbage, spinach ...

Herbs are plants that are used in small quantities to give flavouring to the meal: basil, rosemary, thyme, mint ...

Dave
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Hi again

So the vegetable is usually the root or the leaf. However, in English, a fruit that is typically used in a savoury dish is also called a vegetable: tomato, aubergine ...

Dave
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dave_anonHowever, in English, a fruit that is typically used in a savoury dish is also called a vegetable: tomato, aubergine ...
This is true in culinary terms; however, in botany, a fruit is anything that has seeds.
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