This is actually only about the definition of fruits and vegetables. There is no clear definition of "what is a vegetable or fruit" in botany, and it is not clear whether there is such a definition in horticulture. Generally speaking, the fleshy edible part of plant fruit is often called fruit (there is no concept of "fruit" in botany, and the edible part with hard shell is called "nut", but this is different from botany nuts). Things that can or need to be cooked are called vegetables, which can be any part of the plant (so tomatoes and cucumbers can exist in the vegetable world and the fruit world in such a coquettish way), but more importantly, other plant parts besides fruits.

In fact, it's no use arguing whether to call fruit or vegetables. Delicious is king. I have seen it in Yunnan, such as green mango dipped in Chili sauce, pineapple sliced with pickled peppers and coriander, boiled jackfruit and so on. The question of eating tomatoes raw or cooked is simply weak. Only in Yunnan can you know the infinite wisdom, creativity and, of course, courage of the southwest people.

PS: Botanically, what develops from ovary is called true fruit, otherwise it is called false fruit. In addition, according to the development source, it can be divided into single fruit, aggregate fruit and Juhuaguo. True fruit can be divided into dried fruit and fleshy fruit according to the texture of peel. Basically, all the fruits we eat belong to succulent fruits (including pear fruits, citrus fruits, stone fruits, berries, preserved fruits and so on). ) or chrysanthemum fruit. Apples and pears belong to pears; Citrus belongs to citrus; Peach, apricot, plum and cherry belong to drupe; Grapes and tomatoes belong to berries; Cucumber (watermelon, cantaloupe) is candied; Mulberry, fig, jackfruit and pineapple all belong to flowers and fruits. The exception is that strawberries and Rosa roxburghii belong to aggregate achenes, while raspberries belong to aggregate drupes. In addition, among the "nuts" we often eat, only chestnuts and hazelnuts are the real nuts in botany.