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Flower buds
Cloves are dried flower buds.
A whole clove is a dried, unopened flower bud from Syzygium aromaticum. Its small stalk and rounded head preserve the outline of a flower captured before blooming.
Cloves are dried flower buds.
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Berry
Bananas are berries. Strawberries are not.
Bananas are botanical berries, while strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits. The distinction depends on how a flower becomes a fruit, not on sweetness, size or the name on a grocery label.
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Legume
Peanuts are not nuts. They are legumes, like peas and beans.
Peanuts are legumes, in the same plant family as peas and beans, rather than true botanical nuts. Their unusual feature is that the flowers develop above ground but the pods mature below it.
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