Differences Between Fruits and Vegetables

Botanical Vegetables

Include: _ leaves (lettuce), _ stems (asparagus) _ roots (carrots) _ bulbs (garlic) _ seeds (peas and beans) _ flowers (broccoli) _ mushrooms = fungi

Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?

Botanically fruit Legal vegetable

Legal Definitions of Vegetables

Food products that are eaten as a meal

Legal Definition of Fruits

Food products that are eaten as dessert

Botanical Fruits

Ripened ovaries _ contain a lot of enzymatic process

Examples of Botanically Vegetable but Legally Fruits

_ pumpkin _ sweet potato _ squash

Examples of Botanically Fruits but Legally Vegetable

_ tomato _ cucumber _ avocado