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Is there anything tastier than fresh vegetables right out of the garden? They pack vitamins and minerals in every bite. They are life giving. Even the word has an invigorating past. I know today 'to vegetate' means to do nothing and we say someone in a coma is in a 'vegetative state,' but the word 'vegetable' is originally from Old French to refer to any plant. It derives from a Late Latin word that means 'enlivening and quickening' and is related to the word 'vigor.'
These days, a vegetable refers to plants you can eat and everyone will tell you about their favorite vegetable. Admittedly, the definition is culturally-bound. In Brazil, they call an avocado a fruit because they serve it with sugar. Here in the US, we slice it up in salads and sandwiches, so we call it a vegetable. Even this definition is controversial. In 1893, the Supreme Court weighed in on whether or not a tomato is a vegetable as opposed to a fruit. They came down on the side of 'vegetable.'