Trick question.
2007-11-05 12:01:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The word "fruit" usually describes any fleshy part of a plant that has developed from a flower and has seeds. Vegetables are herbaceous plants. Herbaceous plants have soft stems and little or no woody tissue.
According to botanists, the part of a plant that carries seeds is its fruit. They divide fruits into three main classes: fleshy fruits with seeds in the flesh, such as oranges, melons, berries and apples; fruits containing pits or stones, such as cherries, plums and peaches; and dry fruits, such as nuts, grains, beans and peas.
Just as there are families of related creatures in the animal kingdom, so many vegetables are related. Did you know, for example, that cabbage, turnips, radishes, broccoli and cauliflower all belong to one family of vegetables?
Lettuce, chicory and artichokes belong to another vegetable family. The gourd family includes cucumbers, melons and pumpkins. The pea family consists of peas, all kinds of beans, peanuts and soybeans.
Asparagus is related to the common onion, leek, garlic, chive and shallot. Beets, spinach and Swiss chard all belong to one family. And here is an interesting one: the nightshade family. It includes potatoes, eggplants, peppers and tobacco.
Fruits and vegetables are alike in that they supply us with the vitamins and minerals that help to keep us healthy
2007-11-05 12:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruit is the ovary of the plant, and vegetables are parts of the plants such as roots or leaves.
2007-11-05 22:27:17 · answer #2 · answered by ♣swirley_gumdrops♣ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nutritionally, the amount of fructose it contains (or lack of).
Botanically, if it was made from a flower getting fertilized by bees, it's a fruit. If not, veggie.
2007-11-05 20:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The simplest answer: if you eat the plant, it's a vegetable. If you eat what the plant produces from a flower, it's a fruit.
But the other, more complicated, answers are correct too.
2007-11-05 22:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by obviously_you'renotagolfer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a fruit protects seeds an provided them nutrients; a vegetable is from another part of a plant.
(A tomato, technically, is a fruit, not a vegetable).
2007-11-05 20:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by mr_fartson 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fruits live an alternative lifestyle.
2007-11-05 20:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by MadGeniusClown 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the only real thing that differentiate them is that fruits have seeds and vegetables haven't got any
2007-11-05 20:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by Laurence B 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Fruit have seeds.
2007-11-05 20:06:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sco 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
fruits grow above ground, veggies grow under.
2007-11-05 20:06:49 · answer #9 · answered by Sarahhh 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The sweetness & the taste... Both are good.
2007-11-05 20:10:13 · answer #10 · answered by alexiscarls 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋