Are Those Seeds on Strawberries Actually Fruits?
Yes. Those tiny dots covering a strawberry aren't technically seeds. They're individual fruits called achenes, and each normally contains a seed.
That's right. The strawberry is covered in tiny fruits.
Because apparently being one fruit wasn't complicated enough.
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Wait. Those Aren't Seeds?
Nope. Look closely at a strawberry.
Every one of those little yellowish or brownish specks is a separate, dry fruit. Inside each is an actual seed.
They're called achenes, and a single strawberry can have roughly 200 of them, although the number varies.
The big red part we actually enjoy eating? That's mostly enlarged flower tissue called the receptacle.
So the part we call the fruit isn't technically the fruit, and the parts we call seeds are fruits.
I feel like someone should have mentioned this before we started putting strawberries on everything.
And the next time somebody tells you strawberries have their seeds on the outside, you can inform them that they're actually looking at an entire collection of tiny fruits.
I'm sure they'll appreciate the correction.
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