Question
The vegetable known as ‘Zucchini’ is a type of summer squash. What is the typical botanical classification of its fruit?
Solution
Zucchini belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and its fruit is a pepo—a type of fleshy fruit with a hard rind developed from an inferior ovary.
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