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What Are Fruits? Alex Wilson , Erin Arms, and Tsung-Chi Chen Fruits Come From Carpels (Pistil) Fruits Vegetables Nix v. Hedden (1893) • Tariff Act of March 3rd 1883 – Tax on imported vegetables but not fruit • Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable? Fruits • Part of the plant that has seeds (or would have seeds) • Develop from the carpel (pistil) and other associated parts vs. Vegetables • Everything else that is edible • Leaves (blade + petiole) • Roots • Stems (tubers + shoots) • Flowers Pumpkins • Specially bred winter squash • Members of the Genus Curcurbita • Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata • Family Cucurbitaceae Monocot or ‘Dicot’ / (Eudicot)? Sunflower and Safflower Helianthus annuus Carthamus tinctorius
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