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There is no such thing as a vegetable (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe also in French, 'pomme de terre'.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

That is correct.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some dialects of German have this, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

yeah, austrian german is using the "Erdapfel" too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the "Kartoffel" has become a lot more common

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called "apple."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

sounds confusing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, earth-pear, for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In Dutch Aardpeer is the Jerusalem Artichoke not potato

https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardpeer

Jerusalem Artichoke are a type of sunflower and potatoes are nightshades so not the same type of plant even though they both are grown for their tubers.