Whats the difference between a fruit a vegetable and a berry?!
Whats the difference between a fruit a vegetable and a berry?
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Well, technically, fruits are classified in a different category than vegitables because fruits have seeds and vegitables don't. "What about tomatoes? They have seeds don't they?" you might ask. Yes, tomatoes do have seeds and are technically fruits, but because they are not sweet tasting and full of glucose, people like to say that they are vegitables, even though they are technically fruits. As for berries, I think they are in their own subcategory of fruits because they grow on bushes and shrubs instead of on trees and vines.
Botanically, a fruit is to ovary of a plant. It has "flesh" that the developing seed can be nourished with when it sprouts. It develops from a flower. A vegetable may actually be a fruit in the botanical sense, such as zucchini or tomato, which have seeds in the flesh. A vegetable like a carrot or celery is not botanically a fruit. Berries are fruits, typically having a collection of seeds inside individual fruit globules. They develop from flowers.
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