Why aren't peanuts, pecans and almonds real nuts?

RadishRose

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I knew peanuts are not nuts, but many others are not either, to my surprise.

:Almonds, pistachios, peanuts, cashews and even pecans — they're all just masquerading as nuts. How did we get it so wrong? The trouble is that buyers and botanists think about nuts very differently."

https://www.livescience.com/what-ar...j_cGKlMp1v6pF7IeviXFhgwTBzIKIGobx-H5rcm6EDQ8M

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Another interesting tidbit I found out years ago (at least for me).
Coffee beans are not beans; they are seeds. They grow inside coffee cherries - which are an edible fruit that look like the cherries we're familiar with. And getting the coffee into your cup involves several steps.
 
Another interesting tidbit I found out years ago (at least for me).
Coffee beans are not beans; they are seeds. They grow inside coffee cherries - which are an edible fruit that look like the cherries we're familiar with. And getting the coffee into your cup involves several steps.
But beans are seeds. Plant a bean and it will grow into a plant.
Has anyone ever planted a peanut? It easily sprouts and grows into a very attractive plant. The peanuts develop in the soil, like potatoes.
 

I knew peanuts are not nuts, but many others are not either, to my surprise.

:Almonds, pistachios, peanuts, cashews and even pecans — they're all just masquerading as nuts. How did we get it so wrong? The trouble is that buyers and botanists think about nuts very differently."

https://www.livescience.com/what-ar...j_cGKlMp1v6pF7IeviXFhgwTBzIKIGobx-H5rcm6EDQ8M

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Interesting article Radish, will research this further as stuff like this fascinates me no end. What I found hilarious, was, it took an act of congress to maintain that tomatoes are a veggie and not a fruit. I do wish our Reps. had more pressing matters to attend to. Sometimes I wonder why I've bothered to vote all my adult years.
 
If a walnut is a true nut, why isn't a pecan? I may agree with peanuts, cashews and even pistachios not being true nuts, but I call BS on the rest of this provincial hair-splitting. No one need agree.
 
If a walnut is a true nut, why isn't a pecan? I may agree with peanuts, cashews and even pistachios not being true nuts, but I call BS on the rest of this provincial hair-splitting. No one need agree.
I just had to look it up, @Judycat -

Pecan - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan
A pecan, like the fruit of all other members of the hickory genus, is not truly a nut, but is technically a drupe, a fruit with a single stone or pit, surrounded by a husk. The husks are produced from the exocarp tissue of the flower, while the part known as the nut develops from the endocarp and contains the seed.
 
I just had to look it up, @Judycat -

Pecan - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan
A pecan, like the fruit of all other members of the hickory genus, is not truly a nut, but is technically a drupe, a fruit with a single stone or pit, surrounded by a husk. The husks are produced from the exocarp tissue of the flower, while the part known as the nut develops from the endocarp and contains the seed.
Walnuts also are surrounded by some sort of tissue or husk, as well, covering the walnut shell with the seed inside, yet it is considered a true nut. The only difference is there are two types of reproductive flowers, male and female, on the same tree. I guess this is where I become confused. Who gets to say only these are nuts while the others aren't? Rhetorical question, I think I know who. Those damn walnut loving botanists. :rolleyes:
 

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