I agree. I don't think 'vetetable', whatever that is, is a scientific term either.
Why doesn't the scientist in you insist that people refer to broccoli as a flower instead of a vegitable?
A vegitable? What's a vegitable?
OK, so what would be taxed as vegetables?
Here's a definition of vegetable from the Definitions link I posted above. This is a food-based definition, I think, rather than an "animal, mineral, or vegetable" gross level of categorization.
A herbaceous (green and leaf like in appearance or texture) plant cultivated for an edible part, as roots, stems, leaves or flowers. Or you may say a vegetable is the edible stems, leaves, and roots of the plant.
Here's another not quite so careful a definition (Link):
A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
Hmmm. By that definition anything cultivated for an edible part is a vegetable. But I didn't see tomato listed. Instead it listed the types of vegetables found in the other definition above. Didn't list any fruits.
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I didn't see cucumbers, peppers, squash, eggplant, or corn listed, either. Are they not considered vegetables? Or merely fruits and grains? On the other hand, the description would seem to include peanuts. So are they vegetables or not? Potatoes seem to be included. How about ginger? Both are tubers. Why is an onion a vegetable but a tulip a flower? Both are bulbs.