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minus-squarebrennesel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoThe 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.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·2 years agoPotatoes 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.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoThe potato plant poisonous fruit is a berry though.
minus-squarebrennesel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYou are correct, but the potato plant bears potato fruits, which are classified as berries. I will clarify that in my comment.
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI hope you mean the taxonomy in botany, things are much clearer on the zoological side
minus-squarebrennesel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWell, I’m not a biologist and even all my houseplants are constantly dying. For me, biology as a whole is confusing.
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.
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.
The potato plant poisonous fruit is a berry though.
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You are correct, but the potato plant bears potato fruits, which are classified as berries. I will clarify that in my comment.
I hope you mean the taxonomy in botany, things are much clearer on the zoological side
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Well, I’m not a biologist and even all my houseplants are constantly dying. For me, biology as a whole is confusing.