The taxonomy in biology can be really confusing. Potatoes (only their fruits), peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, avocados, lemons, oranges, kiwifruit and papayas are also in the berry club.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Potatoes are tubers, I don't think they fit the botanical definition of a fruit. They contain no seeds, for example.

The rest are though. Pumpkins was the one that always blew my mind.

[–] brennesel@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

You are correct, but the potato plant bears potato fruits, which are classified as berries. I will clarify that in my comment.

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