> In a message dated 3/8/2003 9:05:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> > BTW  biologically pumpkins are berries, not fruit.
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> How is a berry different from a fruit?  Size?

botanically a berry is a form of fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy
pericarpe like gooseberries or grapes or melons by differenciation with
other fruits with pits ( peach , avocado etc...).( the boundary is not so
clear, banana by that definition is a berry  )
jean-claude