Classic pie ingredient that's botanically a vegetable, but was reclassified by the USDA in 1947 as a fruit to avail of lower tariffs! Crossword Clue

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Classic pie ingredient that's botanically a vegetable, but was reclassified by the USDA in 1947 as a fruit to avail of lower tariffs! Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
2. plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

Hint 2: Clue Definition

INGREDIENT (noun)
1. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
2. an abstract part of something

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