It sounds backward, but botanically speaking, bananas qualify as berries while strawberries do not. In plant science, a berry is defined by how a fruit develops from a single flower with one ovary, where the fleshy part comes from the ovary wall. Bananas fit this definition perfectly. Strawberries, however, are aggregate accessory fruits—the red fleshy … Continue reading Bananas Are Berries, but Strawberries Aren’t: A Botanical Surprise