โฒ 686 โผ Strawberries are nuts ๐ (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children) Like cashews! I thought nuts had to come from trees, though. Like, peanuts aren't actually nuts. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [โ] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) There's a legumes joke in there, but I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Peanuts claim to be nuts, but they aren't a legumtimate part of the taxonomy. I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago Ah, my favorite flavor enhancing chemical: Monosodium Legumtimate. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago Honest attempt. 7.5/10. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Sorry if I'm misunderstanding your post, but cashews are drupes, not nuts. I don't know whether all true nuts come from trees, but all the ones I can think of do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children) If strawberries are nuts, cashews are nuts. It's a seed that grows on the outside of an accessory fruit. Obviously strawberries aren't nuts either but we're playing pretty fast and loose with words and meanings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The "nut" from a cashew is the seed a stone fruit (like the center of a peach pit). The strawberry "seed" is the entire fruit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* I don't see why the apple from a cashew can't also be classified as an aggregate accessory fruit, like the red flesh of the strawberry, which would make the cashew pit an achene like the seeds of a strawberry. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What is a tree? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Although "tree" is a common word, there is no universally recognised precise definition of what a tree is, either botanically or in common language.[1][2] In its broadest sense, a tree is any plant with the general form of an elongated stem, or trunk, which supports the photosynthetic leaves or branches at some distance above the ground. Well damn, I guess strawberries can be trees and nuts. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) There's a legumes joke in there, but I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Peanuts claim to be nuts, but they aren't a legumtimate part of the taxonomy. I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago Ah, my favorite flavor enhancing chemical: Monosodium Legumtimate. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago Honest attempt. 7.5/10. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Peanuts claim to be nuts, but they aren't a legumtimate part of the taxonomy. I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago Ah, my favorite flavor enhancing chemical: Monosodium Legumtimate. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago Honest attempt. 7.5/10. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago Ah, my favorite flavor enhancing chemical: Monosodium Legumtimate. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) Sorry if I'm misunderstanding your post, but cashews are drupes, not nuts. I don't know whether all true nuts come from trees, but all the ones I can think of do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children) If strawberries are nuts, cashews are nuts. It's a seed that grows on the outside of an accessory fruit. Obviously strawberries aren't nuts either but we're playing pretty fast and loose with words and meanings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The "nut" from a cashew is the seed a stone fruit (like the center of a peach pit). The strawberry "seed" is the entire fruit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* I don't see why the apple from a cashew can't also be classified as an aggregate accessory fruit, like the red flesh of the strawberry, which would make the cashew pit an achene like the seeds of a strawberry. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children) If strawberries are nuts, cashews are nuts. It's a seed that grows on the outside of an accessory fruit. Obviously strawberries aren't nuts either but we're playing pretty fast and loose with words and meanings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The "nut" from a cashew is the seed a stone fruit (like the center of a peach pit). The strawberry "seed" is the entire fruit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* I don't see why the apple from a cashew can't also be classified as an aggregate accessory fruit, like the red flesh of the strawberry, which would make the cashew pit an achene like the seeds of a strawberry. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The "nut" from a cashew is the seed a stone fruit (like the center of a peach pit). The strawberry "seed" is the entire fruit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* I don't see why the apple from a cashew can't also be classified as an aggregate accessory fruit, like the red flesh of the strawberry, which would make the cashew pit an achene like the seeds of a strawberry. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* I don't see why the apple from a cashew can't also be classified as an aggregate accessory fruit, like the red flesh of the strawberry, which would make the cashew pit an achene like the seeds of a strawberry. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What is a tree? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Although "tree" is a common word, there is no universally recognised precise definition of what a tree is, either botanically or in common language.[1][2] In its broadest sense, a tree is any plant with the general form of an elongated stem, or trunk, which supports the photosynthetic leaves or branches at some distance above the ground. Well damn, I guess strawberries can be trees and nuts. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Although "tree" is a common word, there is no universally recognised precise definition of what a tree is, either botanically or in common language.[1][2] In its broadest sense, a tree is any plant with the general form of an elongated stem, or trunk, which supports the photosynthetic leaves or branches at some distance above the ground. Well damn, I guess strawberries can be trees and nuts. permalink fedilink source parent