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the fruit category where science and grocery store agree on almost nothing.
means small, fleshy, seed-studded fruits, but botanically the term includes bananas and excludes strawberries.
from from old english berie, tracing back to a proto-germanic root simply meaning grape or small fruit, long before botanists ruined the party with definitions.
strawberry statusnot a true berry, botanically an aggregate fruit
banana statusactually a true berry, seeds and all
avocado twistalso a true berry by botanical definition
tomato debatetrue berry, still argued over in courtrooms
for instance
blueberry — one of the few berries that is actually a berry
banana — botanically a berry despite zero grocery aisle respect
tomato — 1893 us supreme court called it a vegetable anyway
strawberry — named a berry, structurally just a flower's swollen base