difference between FRUITS and VEGETABLES (botanically)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLE

Introduction:

Fruits and vegetables are commonly confused. The technical differences between them are clear. Scientifically speaking, a fruit is a matured ovary of a flower that has seeds. A vegetable, on the other hand, is any other edible part of a plant such a root, leaf or steam. From a culinary point of view, however, the differences between fruits and vegetables are much more complicated. With this research paper we will be guided with information and facts that helps identify either Fruit or vegetable based on a botanical study

FRUIT

WHAT IS FRUIT?

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a fruit is "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant; especially one having a sweet pulp associated with the seed." In other words, it is the edible part of a plant derived from a flower. Fruits are nature's instruments used to spread seeds.

·         Fruit is the ovary of a plant, which means that it may contain seed

·         Fruit is a ripen ovary enclosing the seeds which are the mature ovules. They can arise from a single carpel, or several carpels fused together, or separate carpels.

·         Fruit is a matured ovary of a flower that has seeds

SOME EXAMPLES OF FRUITS

LIST OF FRUITS
Apples	Raspberry	Tomatoes
Banana	Strawberry	Pumpkins
Berry	Watermelon	Nuts
Blackberry	Pear	Cucumbers
Blueberry	Peach	Peppers,
Cherry	Pineapple	Olives
Cranberry	Plum	Jackfruit
Grape	Mandarine	Papaya
Lemon	Wild strawberry	Eggplant
Mandarine	Star apple	String beans

VEGETABLES

WHAT IS VEGETABLE?

Vegetables are herbaceous plant parts. They are the parts of the plant that are not fruits and can be used for eating. These parts include the root, leaf or stem of a plant.

·         Vegetable is a plant part, which does not contain seeds, although some vegetables may be used in plant reproduction.

·         Vegetable is any other edible part of a plant such a root, leaf or steam

·         Vegetable normally refers to the leafy green, stem, root or even flower stalk

·         Vegetable is simply a plant part like a flower, stem, root, or leaf.

·         Vegetable are leaves (lettuce), stalks (celery), roots (carrot), tubers (potato), bulbs (onion), and flowers (broccoli)

SOME EXAMPLES OF VEGETABLE:

LIST OF VEGETABLES
Radishes	Potatoes
Carrots	Yams
Broccoli	Lettuce
Celery	Rhubarb
Garlic	Cauliflower
Onion	Celeriac
Cabbage,

CONCLUSION:

The difference between fruits and vegetables should be fairly clear now; basically, if it has seeds, it's a fruit, and if it doesn't, it's a vegetable. However, there are some interesting little facts about fruit which may interest you; for example, all nuts are technically fruits, in addition to being classified as nuts, because they are plant ovaries. In the case of nuts, instead of eating the fleshy casing which surrounds the seed, we eat the seed. Grains are also fruits, because they are simply oversized seeds. In order for us to distinguish a plant, either fruit or vegetable, we must know first if it comes from a flower.

COMPARISON CHART

DIFFERENCE OF VEGETABLE AND FRUITS
VEGETABLE	FRUITS
Vegetable is the edible portion of a plant	Fruit is the mature ovary of a plant
Vegetables grow on vines on the ground or grow under the ground	Fruits grow on bushes or trees
Edible product of a herbaceous plant	Mature ovary in flowering plants
Is the stem, root, or leaf of a plant, the non-reproductive parts	Is the flesh and seed resulting from a fertilized and ripened flower ovary