When is it a fruit or vegetable
Is it a Fruit or a Vegetable? | Fruits vs Veggies
thanks for stopping by today we're
talking about the difference between
fruits and veggies for example did you
know that pumpkin is a fruit and
strawberries aren't actually a berry and
a tomato you'll have an answer to that
by the end of this video to understand
how fruits and veggies are classified we
need to cover some very basic plant
anatomy so nearly all plants consist of
a root a stem and some type of leaf and
some plants also produce flowers got it
fruits and vegetables are classified
based on what part of the plant they
come from fruits form from the flower of
the plant usually the ovaries and
contain seeds vegetables are essentially
any other edible part of the plant these
could be roots stems or leaves let's
look at some examples to illustrate the
point
so apples are a well-known fruit the
apple tree blossoms are flowers and then
apples grow from those blossoms
additionally apples contain seeds how
about potatoes obviously a vegetable
they are the root of the potato plant
celery is a vegetable though it's edible
this is arguable it is the stalk of the
celery plant as mentioned earlier
pumpkins are a fruit along with all
varieties of squash they grow from the
flower of the plant and also contain
seeds carrots broccoli lettuce and
rhubarb are all veggies oranges peaches
and bananas are all fruit but so are
corn pea pods peppers avocados olives
and cucumbers they all grow from the
flower and contain seeds and if that's
not enough there's even more controversy
surrounding fruits strawberries and
raspberries are not berries but guess
what our watermelon bananas Kiwis and
eggplants came a few to be a true berry
according to science the fruit must
develop from just one flower that has
one ovary and strawberries and
raspberries violate this I'll link some
articles below that go into more depth
on these topics because it's pretty
fascinating
I want to add a little note here about
mushrooms they are not a fruit or
vegetable they're a fungus people eat
fungus now on to the infamous
tomato what do you think a fruit
vegetable botanically speaking as we
have been it is a fruit however there
was a court ruling in the late 1800s
that deemed Tomatoes a vegetable for
customs and regulations and cooking
purposes so now you understand the
controversy if you enjoyed this video
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