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carmogilev/Getty Images. Scientific name: Rubus ursinus x Rubus idaeus Taste: Sweet, tangy, floral Health benefits: Boysenberries—a cross between a raspberry, blackberry, dewberry and loganberry ...
In Britain, soft fruit is a horticultural term for such fruits. [3] [4] [5] The common usage of the term "berry" is different from the scientific or botanical definition of a berry, which refers to a fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower where the outer layer of the ovary wall develops into an edible fleshy portion .
In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes , currants , and tomatoes , as well as cucumbers , eggplants (aubergines), persimmons and bananas , but exclude certain fruits that meet the culinary definition of berries , such as strawberries and ...
M. Marionberry; Mitchella repens; Morisonia speciosa; Morus (plant) Morus indica; Morus mongolica; Black mulberry; Pakistan mulberry; Myrcia ascendens; Myrcia attenuata
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis. Grapes are a non-climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,000 years ago, and the fruit has been used as human food throughout its history.
An aggregate fruit is also called an aggregation, or etaerio; it develops from a single flower that presents numerous simple pistils. [16] Each pistil contains one carpel; together, they form a fruitlet. The ultimate (fruiting) development of the aggregation of pistils is called an aggregate fruit, etaerio fruit, or simply an etaerio.
The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...
The fruit is a berry that is larger than the leaves of the plant; it is initially light green, turning red when ripe. It is edible, but has an acidic taste. It is edible, but has an acidic taste. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos , [ 1 ] while in North America, cranberry may refer to V. macrocarpon . [ 2 ]