rather than vegetables. For example, eggplants are fruit, and cucumbers are fruit, too. The same goes for peppers, avocado, pea pods and string beans. Related: A Safer Way to Cut an Avocado ...
tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas," Gray wrote in the court's opinion. "But in the common language of the people … all these are vegetables which ...