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Why is a strawberry not a berry?

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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. So what's the deal? Why are berries so very hard to define? read more

While we've tended to define berries as any small edible fruit, the official definition of a berry is "a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary." By this definition, oranges, kumquats, blueberries, and even tomatoes can be considered part of the berry family. read more

A strawberry is not a berry because what we call the fruit is not derived from the ovary, but rather from a pulpy receptacle (a so-called accessory "fruit") that forms at the base of the flower and holds the ovary. read more

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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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