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An orchid
Natural vanilla comes from the cured fruit of an orchid.
Natural vanilla begins as the fruit of a tropical climbing orchid, not as a bean from a legume. Its familiar fragrance develops during processing after harvest.
Natural vanilla comes from the cured fruit of an orchid.
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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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