Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-222 hours agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-222 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-squareScoobyDope@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 hours agoI’ve gone down the rabbit hole. Depending on culinary, scientific, or horticulture, nobody agrees on what things are classified as.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 hours agoExactly? Sorry, nerds ruined this one. You know what a fruit and a vegetable are. It has nothing to do where the seeds are. Botanists don’t get to change the English language. Like everything else in English, you’ll figure it out from context.
I’ve gone down the rabbit hole. Depending on culinary, scientific, or horticulture, nobody agrees on what things are classified as.
Exactly? Sorry, nerds ruined this one.
You know what a fruit and a vegetable are. It has nothing to do where the seeds are. Botanists don’t get to change the English language.
Like everything else in English, you’ll figure it out from context.