Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1328arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-squareScoobyDope@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·15 hours agoI’ve gone down the rabbit hole. Depending on culinary, scientific, or horticulture, nobody agrees on what things are classified as.
minus-squaresik0fewllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down12·14 hours agoExactly? Sorry, nerds ruined this one. You know what a fruit and a vegetable are. It has nothing to do where the seeds are. Botanists don’t get to change the English language. Like everything else in English, you’ll figure it out from context.
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·13 hours agoVegetables don’t exist botanically and fruit has a very different meaning in a botanical context when compared to the culinary definition
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 hours agoIntelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·13 hours agoWe’re not talking about whether something is a fruit or a vegetable lmao This is about what kind of fruit something is, e.g. a berry vs a drupe
I’ve gone down the rabbit hole. Depending on culinary, scientific, or horticulture, nobody agrees on what things are classified as.
Exactly? Sorry, nerds ruined this one.
You know what a fruit and a vegetable are. It has nothing to do where the seeds are. Botanists don’t get to change the English language.
Like everything else in English, you’ll figure it out from context.
Vegetables don’t exist botanically and fruit has a very different meaning in a botanical context when compared to the culinary definition
Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
We’re not talking about whether something is a fruit or a vegetable lmao
This is about what kind of fruit something is, e.g. a berry vs a drupe