Despite its name, the strawberry isn't a true berry. ... The discrepancy in berry nomenclature arose because people called certain fruits "berries" thousands of years before scientists came up with a precise definition for ... In order to be considered a berry, a fruit must develop from a flower that has one ovary. read more
Berries versus Strawberries. As an accessory aggregate fruit, the strawberry is not a berry by definition. In botany, berries are a fleshy fruit formed from a single ovary in which entire ovary wall becomes fleshy and edible, according to Greg Church, horticulturist at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. read more
A true berry is a fleshy fruit formed from the ovary of a single flower with a seed, or seeds, embedded on the inside of the flesh. To put it simply, berries have seeds on the inside of the fruit. And you can see just from looking at a strawberry that its seeds are studded all around the outside of the fruit. read more
Despite its name, the strawberry isn't a true berry. Neither is the raspberry or the blackberry. But the banana is a berry, scientifically speaking, as are eggplants, grapes and oranges. read more