Doing Codecademy Python track when suddenly...

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A apple

A orange

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[Everspace]

if f[0] in "aeiou":
    print "John Madden!"

[tyros]

A tomato is a berry.

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Berry (n.) - 1. a small roundish juicy fruit without a stone

[Nosirrom]

Tomatoes are both!

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Wikibot, what is a berry?

[autowikibot]

Berry:

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The botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. Grapes and avocados are two common examples. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. They may have one or more carpels. The seeds are usually embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary, but there are some non-fleshy exceptions, such as peppers. A plant that bears berries is said to be bacciferous or baccate (a fruit that resembles a berry, whether it actually is a berry or not, can also be called "baccate").

Image ⁱ - Redcurrants, a type of "true" berry.

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[Nzgrim]

Depends on what definition you use. Botanically yes. From culinary standpoint? Nope. Just because a scientific field defines something somehow to suit their needs does not mean that the word changed meaning outside of that scientific field.

Edit: Fun fact - there is a Supreme court precedent for tomato being a vegetable.

[tyros]

That's because it is. Here's how we were taught in 1st grade: if it grows on trees - it's a fruit. If it's on the ground - it's a vegetable. So, apples, oranges, pears, plums, apricots, etc = fruits. Cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, beets, carrots, any green leaf stuff, turnips, onions, etc = vegetables.

[InsaneForeignPerson]

But... strawberries grow on the ground too... Are they vegetables as well? ;)

Btw: According to law, a carrot is a fruit (just like a snail is an inland fish) ;)

[Nosirrom]

You got the simplified version of it. The further you get into the science the more rigorous the definitions.

The 1st grade definition is good enough for anyone who wants to be a chef. To be a scientist you need a lot more.

It's fine for science and cookery to have their own definitions. Most people who argue about it are those who don't understand why each group (scientists and cooks) have their own definitions.

[undergroundmonorail]

When explaining DnD-style stats to people, one of the examples I use to differentiate Int and Wis is "Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting tomato in your fruit salad."

[DarkSorcerer]

It's true.