Fruit or vegetable? Botany quiz
The kitchen and the botanist don't always agree.
10 multiple-choice questions, with the answer explained after each one.
Answer each question, see why, and beat your best score.
All 10 questions and answers
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- Botanically, a tomato is a…
- Fruit
- Root
- Leaf
- Vegetable
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Fruit. It develops from the flower and contains seeds.
- Botanically, a cucumber is a…
- Root
- Stem
- Fruit
- Leaf
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Fruit. It's in the same family as pumpkins and melons.
- Which part of the plant is a carrot?
- Stem
- Fruit
- Flower
- Root
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Root. Carrots store food in their roots.
- A potato is a…
- Root
- Fruit
- Tuber (a swollen underground stem)
- Seed
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Tuber (a swollen underground stem). The 'eyes' are buds that can sprout.
- Botanically, a banana is a…
- Nut
- Vegetable
- Root
- Berry
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Berry. Bananas meet the botanical definition of a berry.
- Is a strawberry a true berry in botany?
- No
- Only wild ones
- Yes
- Only when red
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No. Its seeds are on the outside.
- A peanut is actually a…
- Legume
- Berry
- Grain
- Tree nut
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Legume. Peanuts grow underground in pods, like peas.
- Which part of the rhubarb plant do we eat?
- The stalk
- The flower
- The fruit
- The root
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The stalk. Rhubarb leaves are poisonous.
- Botanically, a pumpkin is a…
- Tuber
- Leaf
- Fruit
- Root
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Fruit. Pumpkins are fruits in the gourd family.
- Broccoli heads are mainly…
- Leaves
- Flower buds
- Roots
- Seeds
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Flower buds. If you leave broccoli, it flowers yellow.