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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoPeople keep telling me eggplants are a fruit but I sure wouldn’t put one in a fruit salad.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 days agoAs I see it, English has the word fruit twice. Once as a sweet fruit. And once as anything that is produced to hold the seeds. Hazelnut is the fruit of the hazelnut tree. Mushroom is the fruit of the mycelium. Pinecone is the fruit of the pine. Also fruits of your labour somewhere.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoThe botanical definition of fruit is the ripened ovary of a flower.
People keep telling me eggplants are a fruit but I sure wouldn’t put one in a fruit salad.
As I see it, English has the word fruit twice.
Once as a sweet fruit.
And once as anything that is produced to hold the seeds. Hazelnut is the fruit of the hazelnut tree. Mushroom is the fruit of the mycelium. Pinecone is the fruit of the pine.
Also fruits of your labour somewhere.
The botanical definition of fruit is the ripened ovary of a flower.