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Mar. 16th, 2017
via http://ift.tt/2mV0YQH:
africanaquarian:
amaimomochu:
demho3zhatinq:
lilboujevert:
90svigilante:
africanaquarian:
chocahontas:
africanaquarian:
when you realize strawberries aren’t berries but bananas are and you’ve been lied to your whole life. yet again
Raspberries aren’t either. But kiwi and pumpkin are. 😑
Why must y'all do this, let me live in ignorance
^ literally
Also, watermelon is not a fruit. Its actually a vegetable. It belongs in the cucumber and squash family
I am so tired
wtf do you mean watermelon isn’t a fruit? cucumbers are fruits too! there are two types of distinction: culinary fruits vs culinary vegetables, and botanical fruits vs botanical vegetables (botanical vegtables isn’t really an actual category, it’s just everything that’s not botanically a fruit.) the culinary distinctions are how they’re thought of and what they’re used for, the botanical distinctions are what part of the plant they are biologically.
watermelons are botanical fruits (the fruit of the Citrullus lanatus lanatus vine) and culinary fruits (they’re sweet and we use them in fruit salad and stuff). yes, they are in the same family (Cucurbitaceae) as cucumbers, pumpkins, and other gourds, but all of those are also botanical fruits. cucumbers are culinary vegetables, that is, they are not thought of as fruits for cooking, but that’s… not a biological thing.
kiwis, pumpkins, and bananas are botanical berries, though! that’s right! cucumbers too! strawberries and raspberries are aggregate fruits, correctly identified here as “not berries”
africanaquarian:
amaimomochu:
demho3zhatinq:
lilboujevert:
90svigilante:
africanaquarian:
chocahontas:
africanaquarian:
when you realize strawberries aren’t berries but bananas are and you’ve been lied to your whole life. yet again
Raspberries aren’t either. But kiwi and pumpkin are. 😑
Why must y'all do this, let me live in ignorance
^ literally
Also, watermelon is not a fruit. Its actually a vegetable. It belongs in the cucumber and squash family
I am so tired
wtf do you mean watermelon isn’t a fruit? cucumbers are fruits too! there are two types of distinction: culinary fruits vs culinary vegetables, and botanical fruits vs botanical vegetables (botanical vegtables isn’t really an actual category, it’s just everything that’s not botanically a fruit.) the culinary distinctions are how they’re thought of and what they’re used for, the botanical distinctions are what part of the plant they are biologically.
watermelons are botanical fruits (the fruit of the Citrullus lanatus lanatus vine) and culinary fruits (they’re sweet and we use them in fruit salad and stuff). yes, they are in the same family (Cucurbitaceae) as cucumbers, pumpkins, and other gourds, but all of those are also botanical fruits. cucumbers are culinary vegetables, that is, they are not thought of as fruits for cooking, but that’s… not a biological thing.
kiwis, pumpkins, and bananas are botanical berries, though! that’s right! cucumbers too! strawberries and raspberries are aggregate fruits, correctly identified here as “not berries”