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There is no such thing as a vegetable (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe also in French, 'pomme de terre'.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

That is correct.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some dialects of German have this, too.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

yeah, austrian german is using the "Erdapfel" too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the "Kartoffel" has become a lot more common

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called "apple."

[–] Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

sounds confusing

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, earth-pear, for some reason.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In Dutch Aardpeer is the Jerusalem Artichoke not potato

https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardpeer

Jerusalem Artichoke are a type of sunflower and potatoes are nightshades so not the same type of plant even though they both are grown for their tubers.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You mean fartichokes