Are grapes a berry, a fruit, or a vegetable?

In fact, many people puzzle over whether grapes are a fruit or a berry, and this is not surprising. Sometimes people are confused by the fact that raisins (which are actually dried grapes) are mistakenly called dried fruit. This leads some to believe that grapes are nothing more than a fruit.

Let's, however, approach the topic of our interest from a purely scientific perspective. If we refer to the dictionary definition, we'll easily determine that berries are fruits with very juicy flesh and a thin, easily ruptured skin. Furthermore, berries typically contain numerous seeds.

The term “fruit”, in turn, is not strictly scientific at all and is practically not used in botany (since the word itself came into our everyday life from the Polish language). There are several main varieties of fruits: rosaceae, citrus, stone fruits, subtropical, and tropical. However, we cannot classify the fruit of the plant we are interested in into any of these numerous subspecies.

Since grapes fit our first description perfectly, we can conclude that, from a botanical perspective, they are nothing more than tasty and juicy berries. However, it's worth noting that some grape varieties are completely seedless, which can be confusing. But don't be fooled—seedless or seedless, the fruits of this crop are still berries.

The idea that the berries of this plant could be vegetables is quite original. And despite its originality, it's erroneous. After all, vegetables are primarily solid plant foods, excluding any kind of fruit. The sweet and juicy berries of the sultana or other varieties of this plant are quite difficult to fit into the above definition.

But since such a solution to the problem has arisen at all, let's dot all the i's and cross all the t's and finally dismiss the assumption that the fruits of the grape tree can be vegetables.

Video: Planting and Caring for Grapes

This video will teach you how to plant and care for grapes.