Botany

[Dan Goncharoff]

I am confused. I always thought a drupe was the correct term for
single-seed non-nut "nuts", like the pistachio, which in some cases have
swollen stalks that look a lot like apples, as with the cashew.

DanG

On 2/7/2010 3:09 PM, Bill Palmer wrote:
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> I stand corrected.  A too hasty glance @ Dictionary.com on a word that I
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> But that makes the street name even weirder, if an apple isn't classified as
> "drupe", n'est-ce pas?
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> Bill P
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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:
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>>>> (I had to look up "drupe"...a class of fruit having a peeling,
>>>> succulent
>>>> center, and a pit or seed, such as an apple).
>>>>
>>> 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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