No controversy, there is only edible or not edible, no need to make life more complicated as it already is.
I go by lickable and non-lickable.
Sea weed isn't a plant either.
The controversy isn't about what they are, it's about what we call them and which categories we put them in on charts. It's like arguing over silly group names - is it a murder of tomatoes or a flock?
A salsa of tomatoes.
Vegetable isn't a biological term. While fruit is a biological term, but it's also a culinary term just like vegetable.
I was literally saying this about the mushrooms the other day!
Vegetables are a social construct. Depending on culture this is differently labled. Afaik there are No vegetables in a botanical sense. Just "fruits".
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