• brennesel@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I hope you mean the taxonomy in botany, things are much clearer on the zoological side

      • brennesel@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Well, I’m not a biologist and even all my houseplants are constantly dying. For me, biology as a whole is confusing.

    • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      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
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        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.