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Saturday 4 August 2012

Berry

A berry is a small fleshy stoneless fruit containing one or more seeds


There is a difference between everyday usage, which includes blackberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries, red currants, and white currants and the botanical definition. The latter definition includes many fruits that are not commonly known or referred to as berries, such as bananas, cucumbers, grapes and tomatoes. Strawberries however are not technically berries under the botanical definition, they are aggregate fruits.

The true berry, typified by the tomato, blueberry, and gooseberry, possesses seeds dispersed throughout the fleshy mesocarp and endocarp. The exocarp is thin and skinlike. 

The Himalayan goji berry has more iron that steak, more vitamin C than oranges and more beta carotene than carrots.

There's a berry called "Miracle Fruit" that, when eaten, causes your taste buds to not detect sour flavor for about half an hour, causing sour foods to taste sweet. In West Africa, where the species originates, it is known as agbayun, taami, asaa, and ledidi.


Wild berries, which may be eaten raw or cooked, are particularly rich in vitamins, particularly vitamin C.

If a cardinal can't find berries to eat, its red hue will gradually start fading due to a lack of pigment in its bloodstream.

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