Commentary for Nedarim 107:1
מתני׳ <big><strong>הנודר</strong></big> מן הירק מותר בדלועין ורבי עקיבא אוסר אמרו לו לרבי עקיבא והלא אומר אדם לשלוחו קח לי ירק והוא אומר לא מצאתי אלא דלועין
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE WHO VOWS [TO ABSTAIN] FROM VEGETABLES IS PERMITTED GOURDS. R. AKIBA FORBIDS THEM. THE [SAGES] SAID TO HIM, BUT WHEN A MAN SAYS TO HIS AGENT 'FETCH ME VEGETABLES, HE REPLIES, I COULD OBTAIN ONLY GOURDS. HE ANSWERED, EXACTLY: BUT WOULD HE SAY, 'I COULD OBTAIN ONLY PULSE?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If only pulse were obtainable, he would simply report that vegetables were unobtainable. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> BUT THAT GOURDS ARE INCLUDED IN VEGETABLES, WHILST PULSE IS [DEFINITELY] NOT. HE IS [ALSO] FORBIDDEN FRESH EGYPTIAN BEANS. BUT PERMITTED THE DRY SPECIES].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These are two different species, the fresh regarded as a vegetable, the dry a cereal, because it is ground into flour. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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