• Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    Bayberries/waxberries aren’t really smootth, and Yewberries aren’t very bulbous.

    Haskap berries are lumpy and mealy, are they not berries?

    Do groundcherries count with their paper husk? Tomatillos? Cherry Tomatos?

    Are cherries berries? Rose hips?

    Cherry chili peppers are bulbous and smooth, are they berries?

    Raspberries and blackberries often have little hairs growing off of each fruit, does that mean they’re not smooth? If hair is ok, kiwifruit are bulbous, but hariy.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      I feel like you’re naming berries that don’t look like most berries and non-berries that look like berries. I think you’re actually kinda agreeing with me and making my point.

      In this case, strawberries are not berries that also don’t look like berries.