686
Strawberries are nuts ๐Ÿ“ (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] 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
    •
  • [โ€“] 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
    •
  • [โ€“] 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
    •
  • [โ€“] 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