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Carica papaya and Asimina triloba are not particularly closely related.
by hprotagonist 3y ago
Carica papaya and Asimina triloba are not particularly closely related.
- ggm 3y agoFruit naming is a disaster. Breadfruit have very little wheat in them and a pineapple is not a pine or an apple.
- hprotagonist 3y agonot just fruit; would you care for a sweetbread sandwich?
- Tao3300 3y agoI'd love one. Sounds offal.
- stevehawk 3y agohttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/134659/why-is-pineapple-in-english-but-ananas-in-all-other-languages#134673 https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/134659/why-is-pi... case in point
- tdeck 3y agoIt's called a pineapple because it looks like a pinecone, and pineapple is an older term for a pinecone (the "apple" being a somewhat archaic generic term for fruits).
- margalabargala 3y agoIn Australia, "pawpaw" is a name for the yellow papaya, a variety of Carica papaya. If the person you replied to both 1) is Australian, and 2) did not read enough of the article to realize it was not talking about yellow papaya, then their confusion is legitimate.
- eyko 3y agoAnd don't get me started on North Americans and "yams" for sweet potates/kumaras.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoOr "yuca" for edible cassava, which is nothing to do with inedible "yucca".