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1 What Are Fruits? Alex Wilson, Erin Arms, and Tsung-Chi Chen

2 Fruits Come From Carpels (Pistil)

3 Fruits

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5 Vegetables

6 Nix v. Hedden (1893) Tariff Act of March 3 rd 1883 – Tax on imported vegetables but not fruit Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?

7 Fruits vs. Vegetables Part of the plant that has seeds (or would have seeds) Develop from the carpel (pistil) and other associated parts Everything else that is edible Leaves (blade + petiole) Roots Stems (tubers + shoots) Flowers

8 Pumpkins Specially bred winter squash Members of the Genus Curcurbita Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata Family Cucurbitaceae

9 Monocot or ‘Dicot’ / (Eudicot)?

10 Sunflower and Safflower Helianthus annuusCarthamus tinctorius


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