Science What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Asked by bookragstutor 13 years ago 6/29/2012 5:59 PM Last updated by anonymous 12 years ago 12/30/2012 12:39 AM
A fruit, scientifically speaking, is a fleshy plant product that is the ripened ovary of a flowering plant and contains seeds. A vegetable is the edible part of a plant.