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The scientific name is bad, it confuses everyone. Why not change that instead of telling people that berries aren't berries?
by d--b 7y ago
The scientific name is bad, it confuses everyone. Why not change that instead of telling people that berries aren't berries?
- maest 7y agoLegacy reasons, most likely.
- arrrg 7y agoBut from a culinary perspective strawberries are berries. So the name is correct for that context.
- Hermel 7y agoThe scientific definition of fruit follows its function. That’s why botanists like it.
- mrweasel 7y agoThen you'd have to redefine what a berry is. Do we just have a list of things that are berries? If so, who get to define that list? What if you forget one? Would that thing then not a berry anymore? You'd could also try to make so criteria that defines berries, but that's what we already have, even though it tells us that strawberries aren't berries. We could make new ones, but how do we ensure that bananas becomes fruit, strawberries should be a berry and peas and corn should definitively not become berries? For daily usage it fine that we don't see bananas as berries and that tomatoes certainly shouldn't go into a fruit salad, even if it's technically a fruit.
- zokier 7y ago> Then you'd have to redefine what a berry is. Why? I don't see pressing need for a waterproof definition. I'd think for general use "I know it when I see it" definition suffices, and for where exactitude matters having explicit list is better anyways