Mag Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Random thought I had today, when I purchased a pack of berry gummies; grape wasnt in there! Why not? Isnt it essentially the same thing as any other berry - but I dont believe its considered one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Don't berries have their seeds on the outside, and grapes on the inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Did it have any tomato or banana? Or eggplant, pomegranate, chili pepper, or avocado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDarwin Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Random thought I had today, when I purchased a pack of berry gummies; grape wasnt in there!Why not? Isnt it essentially the same thing as any other berry - but I dont believe its considered one. What Mr. Skeptic was saying, though less helpfully, is that there is a distinction between the common use of the word "berry" and the actual botanical definition. All the fruits Mr. Skeptic listed were botanical berries. Strawberries, raspberries, and so forth are berries in the familiar diction (there is some overlap). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemok Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 http://www.backyardnature.net/frt_flsh.htm is possibly a good explanation. From what I remember from botany lectures strawberries are often referred to as aggregate fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 http://www.backyardnature.net/frt_flsh.htm is possibly a good explanation. From what I remember from botany lectures strawberries are often referred to as aggregate fruit ahha, so a grape IS a berry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Boy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Are you under the impression that Gummi Berries have some botanical reason for including or not including something? (I hate to be the one to break it to you but there are NO bears in gummi bears!) (I'm not so sure about the gummi worms.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Are you under the impression that Gummi Berries have some botanical reason for including or not including something? Oh yes of course. I expect large manufacturers to be botanically correct when marketing a product [/sarcasm] I was just wondering because I was hoping for some Grapes in there. lol. But when I didnt see any I wondered whether or not it was considered a berry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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