fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day agoStrawberries are nuts 🍓mander.xyzimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1705arrow-down114
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minus-squarealt_xa_23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoThe “nut” from a cashew is the seed a stone fruit (like the center of a peach pit). The strawberry “seed” is the entire fruit.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 hours agoI 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.
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.
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.