A type of fleshy fruit where the entire pericarp is soft and pulpy, containing one or more seeds embedded in the flesh. True berries include grapes, tomatoes, and blueberries.
From Old English 'berie,' related to Germanic words for grape or berry. The botanical definition was refined in the 18th century to distinguish true berries from aggregate fruits and other berry-like structures.
Botanically, strawberries aren't berries (they're aggregate accessory fruits), but bananas, grapes, and even eggplants are true berries - it's one of botany's most counterintuitive classifications that confuses everyone!
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