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What's the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?

has to do with the seeds i believe

in a fruit, the seed is inside the fruit.

in a vegetable, the seed is outside the edible part.
 
A vegetable is any plant that is harvestsed for food. A fruit is specifically the ovary of a plant.
 


<< A fruit is actually the sweet, ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant. A vegetable, in contrast, is an herbaceous plant cultivated for an edible part (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, bulbs, tubers, or nonsweet fruits). So, to be really nitpicky, a fruit could be a vegetable, but a vegetable could not be a fruit. >>


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<< has to do with the seeds i believe

in a fruit, the seed is inside the fruit.

in a vegetable, the seed is outside the edible part. >>



Wrong! What about green beans and gatorade?
 


<< And this is not a valid: A fruit is in an asylum, and a vegetable is in the hospital... >>

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That's going to be my response next time I get asked that question.
 


<< Well, green beans are veggies....and they have the seeds inside 'em. >>



i dont think a bean is technically a vegetable, it is a legume... like a peanut
 


<< i dont think a bean is technically a vegetable, it is a legume... like a peanut >>



No, peanuts grow underground....not like green beans 🙂
 
"fruit" is defined as the "edible seed bearing structure of a plant".

This definition includes melons, berries, tropical fruits such as bananas, as well as other popular fruits. Horticulturists define fruits as "the edible food of a woody perennial". A perennial is a plant that lives for two years or more. An annual is a plant that dies or degenerates after one year

under fruits..
also see neffs
 


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<< ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant >>



What does this mean? >>




the ovaries of a plant-- the part that grow seeds and produce new plants. in an apple tree, the apple produces the seeds and should fall off and make new apples trees
 


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<< i dont think a bean is technically a vegetable, it is a legume... like a peanut >>


No, peanuts grow underground....not like green beans 🙂 >>



minor technicality. 😉
 


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<< i dont think a bean is technically a vegetable, it is a legume... like a peanut >>



No, peanuts grow underground....not like green beans 🙂 >>



So is a carrot a legume?
 
From peas peas peas peas, picking goober peas:

"The plant is a trailing, bushy annual 20 to 30 centimeters tall with (usually) quadrifoliate leaves, large stipules, and runners (stolons). The flowers, usually yellow, are small and tend to be self-pollinated. About a week after fertilization takes place in the ovary, a meristem at the base of the ovary is activated. This meristem forms a stalk beneath the ovary, called a carpophore or, simply, a "peg." The stalk is positively geotropic (grows downward) and pushes the ovary toward the ground (pegging); the ovary tip hardens and is pushed into the sandy soil 3 to 10 centimeters. Belowground the ovary develops into the fibrous, tannish, indehiscent pod, a legume."
 
legume:
1. a. A pod, such as that of a pea or bean, that splits into two valves with the seeds attached to one edge of the valves. b. Such a pod or seed used as food. 2. A plant of the pea family.
 
Call me an ignorant person, but I distinguish between fruits and vegetables like this: fruits are tasty while vegetables are not.
 


<< Call me an ignorant person, but I distinguish between fruits and vegetables like this: fruits are tasty while vegetables are not. >>



The application can be a little general *wink wink* 😉😱😀
 


<< The application can be a little general *wink wink* >>



Yeah, my mom always told me not to generalize. I like potatoes sometimes though.
 


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<< The application can be a little general *wink wink* >>



Yeah, my mom always told me not to generalize. I like potatoes sometimes though. >>



Let me give you a better example...

Melons by your definition are considered a fruit 😉
 


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<< The application can be a little general *wink wink* >>



Yeah, my mom always told me not to generalize. I like potatoes sometimes though. >>



Let me give you a better example...

Melons by your definition are considered a fruit 😉 >>



They are! And they come in sizes and shapes: cantaloupes, honey dews, water mellons, etc. But my favourite fruit is papayas.

EDIT: typo.
 
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