Yes, in botanical terminology. Bananas are classified as berries, while strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits. The claim concerns how plants form their fruits, not how people group foods in everyday conversation.
The New York Botanical Garden explicitly identifies bananas as berries and strawberries as non-berries in its exhibition material. A botanical berry develops from a single flower's ovary. North Carolina State Extension describes the strawberry's fleshy portion as accessory tissue holding individual fruits called achenes, which develop from the flower's ovaries.
The small seed-like structures on a strawberry's surface are therefore individual fruits, rather than simply exposed seeds on a conventional berry. Calling strawberries berries in cooking remains normal usage; botanical classification applies a different definition.
Bananas are botanical berries; strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits.
New York Botanical Garden
The exhibition's Berries section explicitly states that bananas are berries and strawberries are not, explaining classification through floral development.
Based on: New York Botanical Garden
North Carolina State Extension
The plant profile classifies strawberry fruit as aggregate and achene, and explains that its fleshy portion holds individual achenes developed from the flower's ovaries.
Based on: North Carolina State Extension
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