What is the botanical difference between a true vegetable and a botanical fruit layout?

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Things like tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchinis are culinarily used as savory vegetables. Why do botanists classify them strictly as fruits?

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Botanically, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure that develops directly from the ovary of a flowering plant. True vegetables are any other edible plant parts, like roots or leaves.

What is the botanical difference between a true vegetable and a botanical fruit layout?

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