By: Toshita Sahni
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The distinction between vegetables and fruits may often seem clear-cut. However, all fruits do not have to be sweet and all vegetables need not be savoury.
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In botanical terms, a fruit develops from the ovary of a flowering plant and contains seeds, while vegetables encompass other plant parts like roots, leaves, and stems.
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Wondering which fruits you have been calling vegetables all this time? Don't worry, you're not alone! Here are 5 common examples.
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Their culinary uses may disguise them as vegetables. However, bell peppers (capsicums) - red, green, or yellow - actually belong to the fruit family.
It's filled with seeds, just like other fruits, and possesses a subtle sweetness derived from the plant itself. It can be used for savoury and dessert courses.
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Slice open an eggplant (aubergine) and you'll find numerous tiny seeds in its flesh. It's a fruit belonging to the berry family, and not a vegetable.
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With its high water content and crisp texture, cucumber is a refreshing ingredient that's botanically a fruit.
Tomatoes grow from the flower's ovary, sheltering the plant's seeds within its juicy flesh. Does this make ketchup a type of fruit juice then? We can wonder.
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To know which other
veggies are mistakenly
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