Why are vegetables called vegetables and fruits called fruits?

The original meaning of the word vegetable, still used in biology, was to describe all types of plant, as in the terms "vegetable kingdom" and "vegetable matter". This is the botanical (or scientific) definition of vegetable. read more

By those standards, seedy outgrowths such as apples, squash and, yes, tomatoes are all fruits, while roots such as beets, potatoes and turnips, leaves such as spinach, kale and lettuce, and stems such as celery and broccoli are all vegetables. read more

Vegetables are called Produce because they are part of the tropic level "Producers", which convert solar energy into chemical energy (sugars). This could be very wrong or it could be correct, but it makes the most sense to me. read more

Answer Vegetables are called Produce because they are part of the tropic level Producers, which convert solar energy into chemical energy (sugars). read more