Botany

[Dan Goncharoff]

Still confused:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2050263/what_is_a_drupe.html?cat=32

"Some common drupes are plums, peaches, almonds, coconuts, cherries,
walnuts, dates, and olives."

DanG

On 2/8/2010 5:47 AM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
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> Ooops, that was supposed to be "Apple Drupe", of course.
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> Eric
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> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Eric Nielsen<ericbarnak at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> My most-at-hand reference defines a drupe:
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>> "A fleshy, indehiscent fruit with a stony endocarp surrounding a usually
>> single seed, as in a peach or cherry."  p.32
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>> and a pome:
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>> "A fleshy, indehiscent fruit derived from an inferior, compound ovary,
>> consisting of a modified floral tube surrounding a core, as in an apple."
>> p.76
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>> Both quotes are from:
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>> "Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary"
>> James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris, 1994
>> Spring Lake Publishing, Payson, UT
>> 0-9640221-5-X
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>> This may be much more illuminating and--to the point:
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>> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081124212127AAkXQtL
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>> Yes, I find Apple Pome to be a very strange name, indeed.
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>> Cherries, Peaches, Apples--and of course Roses are all in the same plant
>> family, Rosaceae, (not the skin disease), and do strongly resemble one
>> another once you've spent some time with them.
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>> Eric
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>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Dan Goncharoff<thegonch at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> DanG
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>>> 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
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>>>> didn't know, but many others apparently do..
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>>>> But that makes the street name even weirder, if an apple isn't
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>> classified
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>>>> "drupe", n'est-ce pas?
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