Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the little things on strawberries are actually the fruit. What you eat is receptacle tissue.www.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down113
arrow-up1311arrow-down1external-linkTIL the little things on strawberries are actually the fruit. What you eat is receptacle tissue.www.iflscience.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareBerengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoI think the seeds are technically classified as nuts.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIt’s a little arbitrary but the thickness of the pericarp (shell/husk) is the key difference between a nut and an achene. Strawberries have achenes.
minus-squareBerengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoToday I learned! Thanks!
I think the seeds are technically classified as nuts.
It’s a little arbitrary but the thickness of the pericarp (shell/husk) is the key difference between a nut and an achene. Strawberries have achenes.
Today I learned! Thanks!