[jasallen]

slightly off topic, but my favorite example of the difference is that botanically, a green bean is a fruit.

[sokoloff]

Related: botanically, a banana is a berry.

[35fbe7d3d5b9]

America has had lawsuits around scientifiv vs. "common" definitions of foods:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden

[senectus1]

that grows on a herb plant.