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Berry Club (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The potato plant poisonous fruit is a berry though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The most forbidden Vodka...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

You are correct, but the potato plant bears potato fruits, which are classified as berries. I will clarify that in my comment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] Klear 3 points 2 years ago

Here's the thing...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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