Berry

Here are two definitions:

In PlantID.net, we’ll think of berries as small fruits that have “berry” in their name, plus other fruits that sort of look like them. These include

California Blackberry (©KM)

Blueberry (SSM)

Wild Strawberry (©FRDM)

Snowberry (ZAB)

Baneberry (KM)

Bunch Berry (KM)

California Juniper (KM)

We don’t include bigger fruits like cherries, prunes and apples.

The botanical definition of berries is different. For botanists, a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. Under this definition, oranges, watermelon, and avocados are berries, and strawberries are not. While this is technically interesting, we’ll use the everyday meaning of berry on this site.

Want more? See Wikipedia.

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