Are beans a fruit or a vegetable?!


Question: Are beans a fruit or a vegetable!?
how do you prove it!? how do they determine it!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Beans are legumes which are a fruit!.

source: Britannica Online: legume
also called pod fruit of plants of the order Fabales (q!.v!.), consisting of the single family Leguminosae, or Fabaceae (peas, beans, vetch, and so on)!. The dry fruit releases its seeds by splitting open along two seams!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

if you mean green beans, they are a vegetable; beans like limas, kidney beans, black eye peas, and those types of beans are a legume and are considered a starch!.
they are also good sources of protein and fiber!.
I think what determines it is how it grows, but I'm not entirely clear on the whole thing!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

beans are a vegetable!. fruit has seeds!. apples, cherries (the pit), tomatoes, yes they are actually a fruit!. even bananas have seeds when you really look!. Vegetables (carrots, potatoes, etc!.!.!.) do not have seeds=/Www@FoodAQ@Com

vegetable is a culinary category, not a biological one!. there is no way to "prove" that beans are a vegetable!. but they are a legume!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They are a legume!. Not a fruit, vegetable, or meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

veggies - because they don't have so much sugar in it

I say if it does not come as a side with a meat dish then it is a veggieWww@FoodAQ@Com

Their considered a vegtable, actually a part of the meat group!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

they are a protein!.!.!.kind of like meat!.!. neither a fruit nor a vegetable!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

MUSICAL FRUIT THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU TOOT!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Veggies!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A vegtable, but you should say what kind of bean it is!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

beans are a legume!.!.!.!.!.!.neither a fruit or vegatable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

um are you serious beans are a vegtable because thats what i have always been toldWww@FoodAQ@Com

kind of like a soft nutWww@FoodAQ@Com

it's a legumeWww@FoodAQ@Com

nietherWww@FoodAQ@Com

I didn't think they were either, I always thought they were a meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

im not usre maybe a vegteable!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

they are a pulse veg,lentils tooWww@FoodAQ@Com

they are a vegetable!. I don't know why do you need proof!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

they make you fartWww@FoodAQ@Com





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