From a culinary point of view, the difference people see between fruits and vegetables is that fruits are usually sweet while vegetables are not.
But the botanical description differentiating between fruits and vegetables is different.
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, as opposed to a plant. Any part eaten apart from the fruit is called a vegetable.
So learn about vegetables that are technically fruits but we eat them as vegetables.
olive
Olives contain pits and are a fruit, not a vegetable.
Corn
Corn is also technically a fruit.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers are also not a vegetable but a fruit. Cucumbers are the fruit of a plant belonging to the family of fruit plants like watermelon and cantaloupe.
Ghia Tori
It is also not technically a vegetable but a fruit.
Pumpkin or sweet pumpkin
If you have been eating it as a vegetable until today, then know that according to the principles of botany, it is a fruit.
Okra
Yes, this seed-rich vegetable is essentially a fruit.
eggplant
By the way, eggplant is part of the potato family of plants, but eggplant contains seeds and grows as the flowers of the plant, so technically it is not a vegetable but a fruit.
Chillies
All types of chillies be it green chillies, capsicums or others are all technically fruits.
tomato
There has been a long debate about tomatoes whether they are a fruit or a vegetable.
Even in 1893, the US Supreme Court declared it a vegetable in a case, but when asked by botanists, they say that it is a fruit that people consider a vegetable.
Bitter gourd
If you don’t like eating this vegetable, maybe eat it knowing that it’s technically a fruit.
Peas and green beans
Peas and green beans are also not technically vegetables but fruits.
