最真诚的南瓜片

啊，多年生南瓜地。你可能认为今天照片中的橙色圆瓜是蔬菜，但植物学家说南瓜实际上是南瓜藤的果实。南瓜之所以被认为是水果，是因为南瓜含有种子，并且是从植物的同一部位长出来的。而现在，随着万圣节的临近，南瓜已经成熟，可以采摘和雕刻成可怕的南瓜灯。
原文：
Ah, the perennial pumpkin patch. You might think the round orange gourds in today's photo are vegetables, but botanists say pumpkins are actually the fruit of pumpkin vines. They're considered fruit because pumpkins contain seeds and grow from the same part of the plant that produces flowers. And now, as Halloween nears, pumpkins are ripe for picking and carving into spooky jack-o'-lanterns.
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