This lesson developed by Leona and Jim Meeks . First just look at all these plants and grains that we can eat. We usually lump these plants and grains into the categories of fruits, vegetables and grains. Vegetables are what we usually call the plants that we eat that are not grains or fruits.
Fruits are the female parts of a flowering plant.
We usually eat the fleshy part that is protecting and covering the plant's seeds. We also typically eat the seeds, too. But sometimes we don't- like the core and seed part of an apple, the pit in a peach or cherry, or the core and seed part of the pear. With berries, we eat the fleshy outer covering as well as the seeds. Or look at a banana.