The banana is a berry; the strawberry is not

To botany, the banana is a berry and the strawberry is not.

A berry grows from a single flower with a single ovary, and carries its seeds inside: this is the case of the banana, the tomato or the kiwi. The strawberry, on the other hand, is a "false fruit": the fleshy part is the flower's receptacle, and its true fruits are those little dots that crunch on the outside.

The words of the kitchen and the words of science do not always say the same thing.