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Botanically, strawberries are not true berries, but bananas, watermelons, and pumpkins are.

Why it is true

A true botanical berry develops from a single flower with one ovary and contains seeds inside, which applies to bananas and watermelons, but not to strawberries, whose seeds are on the outside.

Source: Botany

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