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[โ€“] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I had always learned if it has seeds (in nature) then it was a fruit, otherwise it was a vegetable or something else

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

The definition strictly is "fruiting body", that their flower head goes through a process of becoming a fruiting body

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