Did you know that some things we have been eating as vegetables till date are actually fruits.
There is a common perception that the difference between vegetables and fruits is only sweetness because fruits are usually sweet while vegetables are not.
Many raw foods that we think of as vegetables are technically fruits.
According to the principles of botany, a fruit is defined as the soft pulp produced by the flower of a plant containing the seed of the plant, and technically a tomato meets this definition.
olive
We eat olives as a vegetable and eat them on pizza with great pleasure. Olives are actually a fruit, belonging to the family of stone fruits like peaches, mangoes and dates.
cucumber
Yes! Cucumber is not a salad vegetable, but like pumpkin, it is an unexpected member of the fruit family.
Pumpkin
If you are used to eating sweet pumpkin as a vegetable, know that it is also technically a fruit like melon and watermelon.
Okra
Of course, when this secret is revealed, your heart is not ready to consider okra as a fruit, but it is a fact that okra is not a vegetable but a fruit.
Chillies
All types of chillies be it green chillies, capsicums or others are technically fruits as chillies meet the definition of fruits.
eggplant
In fact, eggplant is not just a fruit, it is technically a berry.
tomato
Every other person seems to be hesitant about tomatoes and this debate is also very interesting, even in 1893, the US Supreme Court declared tomato a vegetable in a case, while according to botanists, tomato is a fruit. It is what people consider a vegetable.
Bitter gourd
Karila is technically a bitter fruit that we eat as a vegetable.
Peas and green beans
Peas and green beans are also not technically vegetables but fruits.
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