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minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-24 days agoIf strawberries are nuts, cashews are nuts. It’s a seed that grows on the outside of an accessory fruit. Obviously strawberries aren’t nuts either but we’re playing pretty fast and loose with words and meanings.
minus-squarealt_xa_23linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days 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/herlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 days 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.
If strawberries are nuts, cashews are nuts. It’s a seed that grows on the outside of an accessory fruit.
Obviously strawberries aren’t nuts either but we’re playing pretty fast and loose with words and meanings.
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.