Is a tomato a vegetable or fruit? Is a peanut a nut? And are raspberries, blackberries and strawberries really berries? The answers to these questions reveal a key concept: botanists think about ...

Botanically, fruit refers to the structure of a flowering plant (generally, the mature ovary) that encloses the seeds. So, botanically, acorns, okra pods, apples, tomatoes, peaches, sunflower seeds, ...