A watermelon is a berry but a strawberry is not

@lovebuglena (42907)
Staten Island, New York
December 9, 2017 1:45pm CST
I was taking a quiz the other day and there were two true/false questions. 1. True/False: Watermelon is a berry. 2. True/False: Strawberry is a berry. Of course my answers were: 1. False 2. True I was so sure I'd gotten those right. Turns out I was wrong. While we all consider a strawberry a berry, and a watermelon a fruit and not a berry, scientifically it is the other way around. And while we are at, blackberry and raspberry are not berries but a banana and an eggplant are berries. Shocking right!?!
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@Courtlynn (67002)
• United States
9 Dec 17
I've heard of that before.. how is an eggplant a berry
@lovebuglena (42907)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Dec 17
Scientifically. I forgot what the explanation was though.
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@lovebuglena (42907)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Dec 17
@Courtlynn Neither will I.
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@Courtlynn (67002)
• United States
10 Dec 17
@lovebuglena ohh. Ok. Well i wont go by it. Lol
@MALUSE (69428)
• Germany
9 Dec 17
Not shocking but definitely surprising.
@lovebuglena (42907)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Dec 17
It was shocking to me lol.
@lovebuglena (42907)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Dec 17
I also wonder... if strawberry is not a berry why is the word berry in the word?
@JudyEv (323652)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 17
That's incredible. Very surprising indeed.
@Scrapper88 (5958)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? There are a few people that says it is a fruit while others says it is a vegetable.
@lovebuglena (42907)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Dec 17
Tomato is scientifically a fruit though we refer to it as a vegetable.