Also: Strawberries are nuts - and Peanuts aren’t.
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Submitted 4 days ago by silvia@reddthat.com to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 4 days ago
Peanuts are legumes which means that peanut butter is basically sweetened bean dip.
teft@piefed.social 4 days ago
If your peanut butter is sweet then you should buy a different brand. Added sugar is really bad for you.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Hey, I already hate peanut butter, you don’t have to convince me any more! ;-)
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days 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.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
I thought the tiny black dots inside were supposed to be the seeds?
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days 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
remon@ani.social 4 days 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.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Nah. Might be a botany student finally connecting those last few neurons on this subject.
pfjarschel@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Relevant Mr. Lovenstein comic: https://lemmy.world/post/8457726
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Goes to show that gastronomical and botanical terms have more than just a few contradictions.
foggy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Vegetables don’t exist. It’s not a botanical term.
They’re all roots fruits seeds stems or leaves.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
“Strange times for the berry club…”
I love that comic strip! :-)
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days 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…
ValiantDust@feddit.org 4 days 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.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days 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! :-)
cravl@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
My vote is for a name that I just made up, Aarana. It’s the female form of Aaron, with all a’s. 😄
Hexanimo@kbin.earth 3 days ago
That's very close to spider in Spanish, araña.
Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 days ago
coughqueuecough
supamanc@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Ia always though banana was a mutant pea - where the actual peas grew as mush in the pod.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 days ago
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