Don't worry too much about how people classify different plant foods. The botanic definition is the only one that's actually consistent and well defined (legumes are fruits or seeds), and it's also the most useless for regular conversation (an ear of corn is a fruit).
Don't worry too much about how people classify different plant foods. The botanic definition is the only one that's actually consistent and well defined (legumes are fruits or seeds), and it's also the most useless for regular conversation (an ear of corn is a fruit).
If you want to be a huge hit at parties, an ear of corn is technically an infructescence, while the individual grains are fruits (caryopsis).