Why do people say that potatoes & corn aren't vegetables since they're also starches?!
Why do people say that potatoes & corn aren't vegetables since they're also starches?
Answers:
People say all sorts of things - often they are wrong.
The word vegetable isn't a scientific classification - it is the word for a plant which has parts one can eat. That makes a potato or corn a vegetable.
A starch is a type of carbohydrate. Totally different kind of word. As a matter of fact, starch is found in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants. That covers most vegetables!