Is Rhubarb a Fruit or Vegetable? Settling the Great Culinary Debate
The Botanical World: Defining the Fruit To truly understand where rhubarb belongs, we must first turn to the world of botany, the science of plants. Here, the terms “fruit” and “vegetable” have very specific meanings, rooted in the biological processes of plant reproduction. A fruit, in botanical terms, is defined as the mature ovary of … Read more
