What qualifies something as a fruit?

pretty much all fruit have seeds, so if it has seeds, it qualifies as a fruit

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Not quite true: figs and pine cones both have seeds, yet neither is technically a fruit. A fruit is the ripened ovary – together with seeds – of a flowering plant.

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