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FAO defines fruit and vegetables as the “edible parts of plants (e.g. seed-bearing structures, flowers, buds, leaves, stems, shoots and roots), either cultivated or harvested wild, in their raw state or a minimally processed form".

The precise botanical definition of the word “fruit” is the seedbearing structure (or, more accurately, the ripened ovary as not all fruit have seeds) in flowering plants. The word “vegetable” is not a botanical term. For consumers, and this document, fruit and vegetables are distinguished by their culinary uses and taste: a fruit is commonly the sweet or sour part of a plant, and a vegetable is a savory part.

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