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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

if you see a shelled peanut with the husk on, you wouldn’t call it a whole fruit.

You reasonably could, though. "Fruit" has different meanings (with significant overlap) when speaking culinarily versus botanically. Corn, for example, is a fruit and a vegetable and a seed and a cereal grain depending on context.

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  • You're having a different discussion than what I'm trying to make.

    Im aware of the difference between botanical and culinary definition. Im aware a strawberry isn't botanically a berry. Im aware a pumpkin is a berry. I'm aware that raspberries are accessory fruits, that peanuts aren't nuts, etc.

    I'm saying that your peach example isn't going to illustrate that difference to someone who doesn't already get it.

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