Are strawberries considered fruits or vegetables?

Granted, you wouldn't be the first person to mistakenly call an avocado a vegetable. And you certainly won't be the last to feel uncertain about which category the tomato really belongs in. But that doesn't make it any less embarrassing. read more

Strawberries are considered fruits. At least by cultural definition. Botanically, a fruit is the ovary of a flowering plant (think of how oranges, bananas, apples, etc, have seeds in them). However, the strawberry doesn't actually develop from the ovary of the plant, so it isn't a standard botanical fruit. read more

But the strawberry is not! The strawberry is known as a pseudo-carp, which means “false fruit†. It is part of a multiple fruit that has many little individual fruits on its flesh. Those parts are the specks that are on the strawberries and they are the seeds – and therefore they are the actual fruit. read more

It seems that the widely accepted categories for fruit and vegetables are sometimes incorrect. While avocados are called vegetables, by definition they're a fruit. And rhubarb is a deliciously sweet addition to any dessert – but it’s a vegetable. Strawberries, while found in the fruit aisle, aren’t actually a fruit. read more

First let’s get vegetables out of the way. The definition of a vegetable is a plant that’s grown for the edible parts. Fruit, however, is defined as the mature ovary or ovaries of seed-bearing plants, as well as any of their accessory parts, like layers of tissue or “pulp†. read more

Here are the top 10 fruits that are commonly mistaken for vegetables (I think some of these will surprise you!). read more