But I still don’t think that’s a great company the example, because I believe what they were actually saying was that just because it contains a see doesn’t make it a fruit, in the same way that if you see a shelled peanut with the husk on, you wouldn’t call it a whole fruit.
I know they’re wrong, but I don’t think that your counter example addressed what their confusion was.
if you see a shelled peanut with the husk on, you wouldn’t call it a whole fruit.
You reasonably could, though. “Fruit” has different meanings (with significant overlap) when speaking culinarily versus botanically. Corn, for example, is a fruit and a vegetable and a seed and a cereal grain depending on context.
You’re having a different discussion than what I’m trying to make.
Im aware of the difference between botanical and culinary definition. Im aware a strawberry isn’t botanically a berry. Im aware a pumpkin is a berry. I’m aware that raspberries are accessory fruits, that peanuts aren’t nuts, etc.
I’m saying that your peach example isn’t going to illustrate that difference to someone who doesn’t already get it.
“Each containing a single seed inside” does not mean “those are the seeds” and I provided a counter-example to illustrate my point.
Ah I see. That makes a bit more sense.
But I still don’t think that’s a great company the example, because I believe what they were actually saying was that just because it contains a see doesn’t make it a fruit, in the same way that if you see a shelled peanut with the husk on, you wouldn’t call it a whole fruit.
I know they’re wrong, but I don’t think that your counter example addressed what their confusion was.
You reasonably could, though. “Fruit” has different meanings (with significant overlap) when speaking culinarily versus botanically. Corn, for example, is a fruit and a vegetable and a seed and a cereal grain depending on context.
You’re having a different discussion than what I’m trying to make.
Im aware of the difference between botanical and culinary definition. Im aware a strawberry isn’t botanically a berry. Im aware a pumpkin is a berry. I’m aware that raspberries are accessory fruits, that peanuts aren’t nuts, etc.
I’m saying that your peach example isn’t going to illustrate that difference to someone who doesn’t already get it.