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Michael Bell wrote:

A fruit cannot be bigger than the plant that bears it. You could not
have an apple on a grass, it couldn't feed it. A pineapple is a big
fruit, but it is borne on a big plant. Likewise a maize cob.

Not so. The cucurbits are counter-examples - it is common for the
fruit to weigh more than the rest of the plant.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.