On Mon, 23 May 2005 17:59:42 +0100, Kay
wrote:
In article , Sacha
writes
I'll now be told "Oh everyone knows that" but I've just read that bananas
aren't fruit, botanically they're berries! Well!
Isn't a berry botanically a fruit? Along with drupes, nuts and so on?
I wouldn't let it worry you. Different definitions apply according to
context. For culinary purposes, a banana can be either vegetable or
fruit.
I'd heard the banana was the largest herb.
Ford
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