TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Dukasaur wrote:TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Funkyterrance wrote:subtleknifewield wrote:Funkyterrance wrote:Corn isn't a fruit, you ass, lol...
Well it's certainly not, scientifically speaking, a vegetable, either. So what would YOU call it, oh elucidated one?
I think scientifically speaking it's a grass seed or something but calling it that might be construed as pretentious...
It's a grain, and technically grains are fruits. Yes, I'm pretentious.
-TG
Grains are not fruits. Grains are seeds. A fruit, technically, is a large repository of starch surrounding the OUTSIDE of a seed, not the seed itself.wiki wrote:In botany, a fruit is a part of a flowering plant that derives from specific tissues of the flower, one or more ovaries, and in some cases accessory tissues.
Fruits are the means by which these plants disseminate seeds. Many of them that bear edible fruits, in particular, have propagated with the movements of humans and animals in a symbiotic relationship as a means for seed dispersal and nutrition, respectively; in fact, humans and many animals have become dependent on fruits as a source of food.[1] Fruits account for a substantial fraction of the world's agricultural output, and some (such as the apple and the pomegranate) have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings.
In common language usage, "fruit" normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet or sour and edible in the raw state, such as apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, bananas, and lemons. On the other hand, the botanical sense of "fruit" includes many structures that are not commonly called "fruits", such as bean pods, corn kernels, wheat grains, and tomatoes.[2][3]
Today you learned...
-TG
Lolz at wiki wrote; that's totally where I go to find all my scientific facts. I also on occaision ask my Grammy.
