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Tell that to the U.S. Supreme Court, who believe a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit.

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



Well, the US Supreme Court (in 1893) believed that the Congress (in 1883) in writing a tariff act was using the words "fruit" and "tomato" as they are commonly used in English, and not as they are strictly used botanically.

In the absence of specific definitions in the law to the contrary that seems a fairly reasonable interpretation of the meaning most likely intended by Congress.


Yup, that's my point :-)




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