Botany

[Jonathan Lighter]

In light of "Rodgdrick,' I suspect "Apple Drupe" may have been
a local citizen's name.

JL

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I think my old Systematic Botany teacher would agree with you, Jim.
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> Eric
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> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jim Parish <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:
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> > Bill Palmer wrote:
> > > (I had to look up "drupe"...a class of fruit having a peeling,
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> > > center, and a pit or seed, such as an apple).
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> > Hm. My understanding (buttressed by the Britannica) is that a drupe only
> > has
> > one (or, occasionally, two or three) seeds; a peach is a drupe, but an
> > apple is
> > not. Apples are pomes. (Pomes have a papery sheath at the core, typically
> > enclosing about five seeds.)
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