Vegetable - Indian Laws - General

Word vegetable In the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 3rd Ed. p. 1365, it is defined as: Plant, esp. herbaceous plant, used for culinary purposes or for feeding cattle, e.g. cabbage, potato, turnip bean. Again in Webster s International Dictionary, vegetable is defined as: A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc., also the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table. Vegetables and fruits are sometimes loosely distinguished by the used need of cooking the former or the use of man, while the latter may be eaten raw; but the distinction often fails, as in the case of quinces, barberries, and other fruits, and lettuce, celery, and other vegetable. Tomatoes if cooked are vegetables, if eaten raw are fruit. In the Encyclopaedie Britannica, vol. 23, vegetable is defined as: A general term used as an adjective in referring to any kind of plant life or plant product, viz. vegetable matter . More commonly and specifically, in common language, the word is used herbaceous plants or any parts of such plants as are eaten by man. The edible portions of many plants considered as vegetables are in a botanical sense, fruits........... [SARASWATI SUGAR MILLS- 1991 (10) TMI 304 - SUPREME COURT]