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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Also: Strawberries are nuts - and Peanuts aren’t.

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  • Smeagol666@crazypeople.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Peanuts are legumes which means that peanut butter is basically sweetened bean dip.

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    • teft@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If your peanut butter is sweet then you should buy a different brand. Added sugar is really bad for you.

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    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey, I already hate peanut butter, you don’t have to convince me any more! ;-)

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• Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fun fact: the bananas that are bred for human consumption are herbs. They don’t contain any seeds, and they grow on herbaceous bushes.

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  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought the tiny black dots inside were supposed to be the seeds?

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    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ok, I stand corrected, TIL about parthenocarpy:

      In botany and horticulture, parthenocarpy is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilisation of ovules, which makes the fruit seedless

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• remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Unless you showered with a book on botany and just found it out there, that’s not a shower thought. Just a fun fact you knew about already.

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  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nah. Might be a botany student finally connecting those last few neurons on this subject.

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• pfjarschel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Relevant Mr. Lovenstein comic: https://lemmy.world/post/8457726

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Goes to show that gastronomical and botanical terms have more than just a few contradictions.

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    • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Vegetables don’t exist. It’s not a botanical term.

      They’re all roots fruits seeds stems or leaves.

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  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Strange times for the berry club…”
    I love that comic strip! :-)

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• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And the word “banana” might be a very promising candidate for the word with the highest “letter a”-to-consonant-ratio in the English language. Unless there are some double-a words out there…

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  • ValiantDust@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ara has twice as many As per consonant. Am and at have the same ratio as banana. But I’ll admit that two letter words is cheating.

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But ‘a’ has an even higher ratio.

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    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But is “Ara” an English word? My favorite translation page tells me that the English name of the bird is “macaw”. Still a nice A-ratio, although lower than for banana! :-)

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  • cravl@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My vote is for a name that I just made up, Aarana. It’s the female form of Aaron, with all a’s. 😄

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    • Hexanimo@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That's very close to spider in Spanish, araña.

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    coughqueuecough

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• supamanc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ia always though banana was a mutant pea - where the actual peas grew as mush in the pod.

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