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Aug 14, 2020 06:11PM

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Apparently the berries we say are "berries" aren't actually berries.
“A fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.” -Wikipedia
"So, technically speaking, grapes, eggplants, and even bananas are classed as berry fruits. While what you normally consider berries, like strawberries and raspberries do not fit the definition.
This is because they develop from a single flower with more than one ovary. And this makes them an aggregate fruit.
But generally, most of us consider a berry to be any small, bright-colored, edible fruit without a stone or pit." -https://www.gardeningchannel.com/list...
“A fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.” -Wikipedia
"So, technically speaking, grapes, eggplants, and even bananas are classed as berry fruits. While what you normally consider berries, like strawberries and raspberries do not fit the definition.
This is because they develop from a single flower with more than one ovary. And this makes them an aggregate fruit.
But generally, most of us consider a berry to be any small, bright-colored, edible fruit without a stone or pit." -https://www.gardeningchannel.com/list...
Yeah! And botanically speaking, anything that comes from a flower is a fruit, so zucchini, cucumber, pumpkin, peas...