• @brennesel@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    The taxonomy in biology can be really confusing. Potatoes (only their fruits), peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, avocados, lemons, oranges, kiwifruit and papayas are also in the berry club.

    • @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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      102 years ago

      Potatoes are tubers, I don’t think they fit the botanical definition of a fruit. They contain no seeds, for example.

      The rest are though. Pumpkins was the one that always blew my mind.

      • @brennesel@feddit.de
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        42 years ago

        You are correct, but the potato plant bears potato fruits, which are classified as berries. I will clarify that in my comment.