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True vegetables do not have seeds, for example potatoes, celery, brocolli. True fruits do have seeds. Those are scientific or botanical descriptions. Berries have seeds but they are very tiny. Even bananas and eggplants have seeds but they are also very tiny. They are all fruits. Confusion might come in the future from some specially bred fruits that no longer have many seeds, for example the 'personal-sized' watermelons. They also have seeds, but seeds are few. Still, they will always be fruits.
Nutritionists and cooks confuse the issue when they call tomatoes, eggplants, and squash vegetables, but technically they are still fruits.
True vegetables do not have seeds, for example potatoes, celery, brocolli. True fruits do have seeds. Those are scientific or botanical descriptions. Berries have seeds but they are very tiny. Even bananas and eggplants have seeds but they are also very tiny. They are all fruits. Confusion might come in the future from some specially bred fruits that no longer have many seeds, for example the 'personal-sized' watermelons. They also have seeds, but seeds are few. Still, they will always be fruits.
Nutritionists and cooks confuse the issue when they call tomatoes, eggplants, and squash vegetables, but technically they are still fruits.
I saw saying not long ago that went, "Knowledge is understanding that tomatoes are a fruit. Wisdom is not putting tomatoes in your fruit salad."
As mentioned, seeds are the key. Fruits must have the seeds or they are not fruits. Here's another one, peppers. Sweet or hot, they do contain seeds so botanically they are fruits as well.
True vegetables do not have seeds, for example potatoes, celery, brocolli. True fruits do have seeds. Those are scientific or botanical descriptions. Berries have seeds but they are very tiny. Even bananas and eggplants have seeds but they are also very tiny. They are all fruits. Confusion might come in the future from some specially bred fruits that no longer have many seeds, for example the 'personal-sized' watermelons. They also have seeds, but seeds are few. Still, they will always be fruits.
Nutritionists and cooks confuse the issue when they call tomatoes, eggplants, and squash vegetables, but technically they are still fruits.
"Vegetable" is a culinary term, it's not mutually exclusive with "fruit", a biological term. That's why tomatoes and such can be both fruits and vegetables.
The only fruit that has the seeds on the outside is a strawberry. Just thought I'd throw that in. lol
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