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What Are Fruits? Alex Wilson, Erin Arms, and Tsung-Chi Chen
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Fruits Come From Carpels (Pistil)
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Fruits
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Vegetables
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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?
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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
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Pumpkins Specially bred winter squash Members of the Genus Curcurbita Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata Family Cucurbitaceae
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Monocot or ‘Dicot’ / (Eudicot)?
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Sunflower and Safflower Helianthus annuusCarthamus tinctorius
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