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by AB-Joel on May 22nd, 2004

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What's the technical difference between a fruit and a vegetable?

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  • by breadmanpaul on February 13th, 2005

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    A fruit is a plant ovary/womb. The fruit of a plant contain the seeds of a plant. Vegetables are essentially everything else: seeds (peas and beans), stems (asparagus), leaves (lettuce and, spinach), flowers (broccoli and cauliflower), and roots (carrots and potatoes). Nuts are tree seeds. Peanuts are a variety of beans. Peas and beans are vegetables. Peas in the pod are fruit. String beans, the green bean pod and the beans inside, are fruit. Tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon, and squash are fruit. Some fruit, however, does not contain real seeds. Few varieties of bananas contain seeds. Strawberries have the seeds on the outside.

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    • Thanks for the detailed answer.

      Dar Gentz

      by Dar Gentz on April 9th, 2005

    • Thanks for sharing this

      snowflake1556

      by snowflake1556 on October 6th, 2005

    • Thats hot ive alwys wanted to no

      Spamalicious

      by Spamalicious on October 13th, 2006

    • That is an interesting distinction I had never heard before. It sounds so right, I don't care if its wrong. But, by the way, I believe you. I'm surprised I've never heard this. By the way, this question was apparently asked by ?no one?.

      Tedkzn

      by Tedkzn on December 25th, 2006

    • Nice answer.

      Halskiisaklink

      by Halskiisaklink on February 12th, 2009

    • Legumes are sometimes put in their own category as neither fruit nor vegetable.

      laie_techie

      by laie_techie on May 27th, 2009

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