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Do you know the difference between a Herb and a Spice?
I ask because I see so many people mixing the two up and genuinely not knowing the difference.
It is quite easy to know the difference.
A Herb is basically the green leaf and sometimes green stalk of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant.
A Spice is basically the fruit (ripe or unripe), seed (ripe or unripe), flower buds, bark, root, tuber, stem, resin or any other part of the plant!
It is possible for a plant to provide both a herb and a spice at the same time, as in the case of coriander (cilantro) which gives the herb coriander (cilantro) and the spice ground coriander or coriander seeds.
I ask because I see so many people mixing the two up and genuinely not knowing the difference.
It is quite easy to know the difference.
A Herb is basically the green leaf and sometimes green stalk of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant.
A Spice is basically the fruit (ripe or unripe), seed (ripe or unripe), flower buds, bark, root, tuber, stem, resin or any other part of the plant!
It is possible for a plant to provide both a herb and a spice at the same time, as in the case of coriander (cilantro) which gives the herb coriander (cilantro) and the spice ground coriander or coriander seeds.
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