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Old 08-03-2003, 01:44 PM
J Kolenovsky
 
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Default Is pineapple a fruit?

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Ted Shoemaker wrote:
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Is pineapple a fruit?
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Yeah, that sounds like a stupid question. Humor me.
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I have never seen a pineapple seed. Maybe they don't exist. Some
bromeliads reproduce asexually. Maybe pineapples are among them.
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If
pineapples don't have seeds,
and if
fruit is the part of the plant that contains the seeds,
then
is a pineapple a fruit?
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Thank you for your time.
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Ted Shoemaker


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