Despite their name, peanuts are not tree nuts. They are legumes that grow underground in a unique process called geocarpy, where the…

What we call a fig fruit is actually an enclosed inflorescence containing hundreds of tiny flowers hidden inside. The flowers cannot be…

Asparagus spears grow so fast that farmers sometimes struggle to keep up with the harvest. On particularly hot days, these green shoots can…

The cashew nut we eat is actually a seed that hangs from the bottom of a sweet, juicy fruit known as the cashew apple.

Botanically, bananas are berries despite lacking visible seeds, while strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits, not berries. This…

First cultivated carrots around 900 CE were purple or yellowish, not orange. Orange carrots were selectively bred by Dutch growers in 1600s…

Despite their name, peanuts are legumes of the Fabaceae family, not tree nuts. They develop underground in pods similar to peas and beans.

Coffee beans are actually seeds of the coffee berry, making coffee botanically a fruit. The red or purple coffee cherry surrounding beans…