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Baph 27-02-07 03:49 PM
New puzzle, sort of...
 
Sorry folks, but I have a niggling little question:

When is a fruit, not a fruit, but in fact a vegetable?

Please note, I'm not interested in the occurences of a fruit being a vegetable, just a fruit that isn't a fruit, but is a vegetable.

(NOR logic, not OR/AND).

sarah 27-02-07 03:53 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Baph (Post 1126526)
Sorry folks, but I have a niggling little question:

When is a fruit, not a fruit, but in fact a vegetable?

Please note, I'm not interested in the occurences of a fruit being a vegetable, just a fruit that isn't a fruit, but is a vegetable.

(NOR logic, not OR/AND).
fruits have seeds, veg don't

Baph 27-02-07 03:57 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah (Post 1126544)
fruits have seeds, veg don't
That doens't answer the puzzle though now does it?

Carsick 27-02-07 03:59 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Is this the rhubarb issue where the americans were defining import duty (or whatever) based on how something was eaten rather than botanical types?

Scoobs 27-02-07 04:00 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah (Post 1126544)
fruits have seeds, veg don't
Is that correct?

Carsick 27-02-07 04:02 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
^
From Wiki
In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant.

Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are generally considered vegetables.

sarah 27-02-07 04:04 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
bananas aren't real fruit are they?

Ping 27-02-07 04:17 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carsick (Post 1126581)
^
From Wiki
In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant.

Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are generally considered vegetables.
Now there's a pleasant thought...

:lol:

PsychoCannon 27-02-07 04:36 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah (Post 1126585)
bananas aren't real fruit are they?
They are but the sort you eat are the result of selective breeding and human interferance (wild Bananas have seeds, the ones in Tesco's don't)

sarah 27-02-07 04:39 PM
Re: New puzzle, sort of...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by PsychoCannon (Post 1126639)
They are but the sort you eat are the result of selective breeding and human interferance (wild Bananas have seeds, the ones in Tesco's don't)
cool, like seedless grapes. wonder why more seedless fuits haven't been developed?


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