On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:00:00 EDT, Holly Krahe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 04/29/2003 5:22:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>
>> Since when do oranges have anything to do with berries??  Are they related??
>>
>
>Well, technically, any fruit with internal seeds (and no core) is a berry.
>Oranges (and other citrus) are a special berry called hesperidium.  Tomatoes
>are berries, too, as are cucumbers and the like.
>
>I don't believe they are closely related, nor do I think the antioxidant
>level of all "technical berries" is as high as the ones we commonly think of
>as berries.

That is correct - oranges have less than those that have "-berries" in the
name.


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Cheers,

Ken
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