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Berries
Aug 14, 2010 22:26
From Wikipedia
:
In
botanical
language, a berry is a simple fruit having
seeds
and pulp produced from a single
ovary
; the ovary can be
inferior
or
superior
.
Examples of botanical berries include:
Bearberry
(Arctostaphylos spp.)
Barberry
(Berberis;
Berberidaceae
)
Crowberry
(Empetrum spp.)
Currant
(Ribes spp.;
Grossulariaceae
), red, black, and white (
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buttonlass
August 15 2010, 03:43:09 UTC
Well I won't be happy if I buy triple berry pie and it has tomatoes and bananas in it.:)
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sharlabacchus
August 15 2010, 05:13:51 UTC
bananaberry! although i never trust wikipedia, 'cause of Douglas Jones (see "Kleptomania").
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skylarker
August 15 2010, 18:12:36 UTC
I'd never have guessed bananas, watermelons or tomatoes were berries. Thanks!
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