Per Wikipedia: “Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.”
in portuguese, fruit (botanical) and fruit (culinary) are 2 distinct words, respectively are, “fruto” and “fruta”
And “Vegetable” is any and all plants. Is the name of the whole reign.
See I kinda wish we had this distinction, but English is a dumb language.