"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Charles Gifford wrote:
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> > "Arri London" > wrote in message
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> > > ASmith1946 wrote:
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> > > > >But I always thought the little specks in commercial bananas were
> > seeds,
> > > > >although sterile?
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> > > > Heck if I know-- I didn't write a book about bananas
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> > > > Andy Smith
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> > > LOL! No neither did I.
> > > But I suppose the container (for seeds) concept still stands, even if
> > > the container is empty.
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> > The banana is an herb. I thought that the bit we eat is an ovary.
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> > Charlie
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> Don't know of the banana is an herb; a herbaceous plant isn't
> necessarily an herb. Just not woody.
> Here is info from the experts:
> http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/banana.html

Herb in this context can equal herbaceous, I believe. The site you posted
seems to indicate that what we eat is a berry, eh? Cool!

Charlie