Is It A Fruit Or A Vegetable? Check Your Botany Knowledge
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Did you know that tomato is a fruit?
What are your thoughts on this subject?
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alec
5/9. O.K. I'm a cabbage !!!
Janet Robertson Sherwood
Sorry - but you are wrong. Eggplant, e.g. aubergine, is a fruit.
Spencer Thomas Hancock III
I knew I would not do well this time. 5/9
William Laughlin
LevibatteryCSA (Dave),
The fruits of the cashew, almond, and pistachio plants are not true nuts, but are rather classified as “drupes.” Drupes are fruit.
Fruit develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
FLOWERS - broccoli, cauliflower, capers, artichoke.
William Laughlin
Priscilla DeSpain,
How you use/cook a food doesn't effect its botanical classification.
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
FLOWERS - broccoli, cauliflower, capers, artichoke.
William Laughlin
jobishop,
How you use/cook a food doesn't effect its botanical classification.
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
FLOWERS - broccoli, cauliflower, capers, artichoke.
William Laughlin
bonniecardona,
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
FLOWERS - broccoli, cauliflower, capers, artichoke.
William Laughlin
earlepg,
The fruits of the cashew, almond, and pistachio plants are not true nuts, but are rather classified as “drupes.” Drupes are fruit.
William Laughlin
beckyhayob,
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
FLOWERS - broccoli, cauliflower, capers, artichoke.
William Laughlin
James Steven Willis,
The fruits of the cashew, almond, and pistachio plants are not true nuts, but are rather classified as “drupes.” Drupes are fruit.
You are correct about aubergine being fruit.
William Laughlin
mariaplacidoteddy,
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
William Laughlin
tanndaley,
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
William Laughlin
marilynmitri,
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
VEGETABLES are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
William Laughlin
Allison Aspden,
Aubergine, AKA eggplant, is a FRUIT. It develops from a fertilized ovary after a plant flowers, as do ALL FRUITS.
Vegetables are parts of the plant itself and fertilization is unnecessary. They come from:
ROOTS - carrots, radishes, beets.
TUBERS - potatoes, taro, yams, ginger.
STEMS - celery, green onions, rhubarb.
LEAVES - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, kale, chard.
William Laughlin
mikeyparry,
It IS a fruit. The test is flawed.