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More berries
And yet you insist the pulpy (not fleshy) fruit of a banana is a berry when
in fact it is not. The classical definition of a drupe is that it is a one seeded berry. Having a woody stone endocarp surrounding the seed has nothing at all to do with the definition. If the fruit has two seeds, it automatically becomes a berry by default. So what about those plants that have fleshy fruit with 1 to 3 seeds in them? P van Rijckevorsel wrote in message ... Avocado is a one-seeded berry. Iris Cohen schreef How does it differ from a drupe, like peaches and cherries? + + + He just explained that. In avocado the tissue arising out of the carpel that is closest to the seed is fleshy. An avocado consists of exocarp, mesocarp and seed. In a drupe the seed is inside a 'stone' which means that the tissue arising out of the carpel closest to the seed is quite hard. A drupe consists of exocarp, mesocarp, endocarp and seed. PvR |
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