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minus-squarebrennesel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down4·1 year agoThe taxonomy in biology can be really confusing. Potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, avocados, lemons, oranges, kiwifruit and papayas are also in the berry club.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year 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-up14·1 year agoThe potato plant poisonous fruit is a berry though.
minus-squarebrennesel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoI hope you mean the taxonomy in botany, things are much clearer on the zoological side
minus-squarebrennesel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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, 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
Well, I’m not a biologist and even all my houseplants are constantly dying. For me, biology as a whole is confusing.