Botanically, a berry is a fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower with seeds embedded inside the flesh. That’s why bananas qualify, but strawberries don’t—they develop from a flower with multiple ovaries, making them an “aggregate fruit.”
Botanically, a berry is a fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower with seeds embedded inside the flesh. That’s why bananas qualify, but strawberries don’t—they develop from a flower with multiple ovaries, making them an “aggregate fruit.”