what is a strawberry? a fruit? a veggie? or a flower?

Question

today my mom said she saw on tv a program where they said that a strawberry is neither a fruit or vegetable. but that it is a flower. what is it??

Answer 1

Strawberries are thought to have been cultivated in ancient Rome.
The strawberry, as we know it, was originally grown in northern Europe, but species are also found in Russia, Chile, and the United States.
The berries seem to be strewn among the leaves of the plant. The plant first had the name strewberry, which later was changed to strawberry.
In France strawberries were cultivated in the 13th Century for useas a medicinal herb.
Historical Medicinal Uses of Fragaria Vesca (Alpine Strawberry):
It is said that the leaves, roots and fruits of this variety of strawberry were used for a digestive or skin tonic. Internally, the berry was used for diarrhoea and digestive upset, while the leaves and the roots were used for gout. Externally, it was used for sunburn and skin blemishes, and the fruit juice was used for discoloured teeth.
The first American species of strawberries was cultivated about 1835.
The first important American variety, the Hoveg, was grown in 1834, in Massachusetts. The hybrid variety was developed in France.
The strawberry is considered one of the most important small fruits grown in the Western Hemisphere. Today every state in the United States and every province in Canada grows the strawberry plant.

The strawberry is a small plant of the Rosaceae (Rose) family. All varieties of the strawberry plant belong to the Fragaria genus.
It grows both as a wild plant and as a cultivated plant.
Some strawberries, called everbearing, produce berries throughout the summer and fall.
Strawberry plants can be planted in any garden soil. But the richer the soil, the larger the crop. The plant grows best in a cool, moist climate and does not do well in warm temperatures. The plants may be planted in the spring or fall, but if the temperature is too cold, fall planting requires a great deal of care.
The strawberry grows close to the ground on the stem in groups of three. The greenish white fruits turn to a rich red colour when they ripen. When the strawberry ripens, the petals of the flower fall off and all that remains is the calyx, a leafy substance shaped like a star. Not every flower produces fruit.
Strawberries are not really berries or fruit in the "botanical" sense (i.e., the end result of a fertilized plant ovum). A strawberry is actually an "aggregate fruit" -- the "real" fruit are the objects we think of as the "strawberry seed" -- properly called "achenes" -- which are fruits in the same way that a raw sunflower seed with it's tough shell is a fruit. The "berry" is actually an "enlarged receptacle" and is not reproductive material. As a result, strawberries must be picked at full ripeness, as they cannot not ripen once picked.
The strawberry plant has seeds on the outside skin rather than having an outer skin around the seed, as most berries do. They do not however, normally reproduce by seeds. When the fruit is developing, the plant sends out slender growths called runners. These look like strings. They grow on the ground and send out roots in the soil. The roots produce new plants which grow and bear fruit. Sometimes these plants are taken from the soil and replanted to start a new plantation of strawberry plants.

Answer 2

Strawberry
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Strawberry


Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Rosales

Family: Rosaceae

Subfamily: Rosoideae

Genus: Fragaria
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Species
20+ species; see text

The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. There are more than 20 named species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the Garden strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa. See Garden Strawberry for information about the fruit as a food.


Take a look at the last word.

Answer 3

Fruit

Answer 4

A strawberry is a fruit.

Answer 5

A few comments. Don't consider your strawberries trouble free. Slugs loves those berries and mites will often attach themselves under the leaves and suck them til they're dead. Just keep an eye on them for both so you can head off problems before they begin. Your maters and peppers should do fine if you give them some fertilizer. They both have similar feeding needs. If you have room, try some sweet corn. It's one of those things that just can't be beat fresh. Do remember that many herbs are perrenials and may need their own garden space

Answer 6

It's a fruit, see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry

Answer 7

a fruit!

Answer 8

both a flower and a friut (it starts out as a flower)

Answer 9

i always thought it was a fruit...