Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren’t

Bananas are berries but strawberries are not. This botanical truth flips everything

you thought you knew about fruit. In botanical terms, a berry must develop from a single flower

with one ovary and have seeds embedded in the flesh. Bananas fit this definition perfectly.

Each banana comes from one flower and those tiny black specks inside are actually seeds.

Strawberries on the other hand grow from a flower with multiple ovaries, and their seeds

are on the outside, which disqualifies them. Even weirder, this means avocados,

kiwis, and grapes are also berries. The cucumber in your salad,

technically a berry too. Meanwhile blueberries and raspberries despite their names