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TGowertoday at 1:05 AM1 replyview on HN

Only in the "cucumbers are fruit" botanically technically correct but incorrect from common usage standpoint.


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xboxnolifestoday at 1:19 AM

Sure, except this is the first time in my life I've seen the term "pulse" used for a vegetable. And, honestly, only in the last 10 years have I been hearing the term legume in common conversation. Grain is definitely the more common term.