Christine Macguire
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Watermelon: A Fruit, a Vegetable or a “Fregetable”?
What makes a fruit a fruit, a vegetable a vegetable? Though it may sound quite funny but the fact is there has been a lot of debate about this with regard to the classification of watermelons. In botanical terms, a watermelon is the fruit of the watermelon plant. But being a part of the cucurbitaceous family, watermelon is also classified as a vegetable. To sidestep this conflict, growers in the United... (posted by Christine 5 years 163 days ago.)
What makes a fruit a fruit, a vegetable a vegetable? Though it may sound quite funny but the fact is there has been a lot of debate about this with regard to the classification of watermelons. In botanical terms, a watermelon is the fruit of the watermelon plant. But being a part of the cucurbitaceous family, watermelon is also classified as a vegetable. To sidestep this conflict, growers in the United... (posted by Christine 5 years 163 days ago.)
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