My friend read some book and it said that b/c you can peel it and it has seeds, its a fruit. is this true?

(she also said corn, green beans, and okra are fruits. is this true either?)

My friend read some book and it said that b/c you can peel it and it has seeds, its a fruit. is this true?
i think people are going to answer before me, but ill try anyway











A vegetable is considered to be edible roots, tubers, stems, leaves, fruits, seeds, flower clusters, and other softer plant parts. In common usage, however, there is no exact distinction between a vegetable and a fruit.The usual example is the tomato, which is a fruit, but is eaten as a vegetable, as are cucumbers, peppers, melons, and squashes. The classification of plants as vegetables is largely determined by custom, culture, and usage.
Reply:I was always under the impression that if flesh surrounds it's seeds, botanically, it's classified as a fruit.





However, in the kitchen, a fruit is sweet, whereas a vegetable is used in savoury dishes.
Reply:no. you can peel a pepper if you wanted too, but it's still a vegetable.
Reply:"In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. ... In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plum, apple and orange. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from."





So, if you are talking about cooking, corn, green beans, and okra are generally considered vegetables instead of fruit. However, botanically-speaking, many (but not all) culinary vegetables are classified as fruits.
Reply:can u peel a watermelon? i didnt think so. u can peel a potato but its a veggie. Wtf kinda book was it anyway?!?!
Reply:sure
Reply:[1]I don't know what okra is and the other two are vegetables.[2]Most fruits have seeds and are peelable. Ex:oranges.
Reply:the requirement is to have seeds for it to be a fruit...