Charles Gifford wrote:
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> "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
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> 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!
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> Charlie

Hard to say. Although banana leaves are used as plates and containers
for foods, are they eaten as such. We tend to use 'herb' for something
that is eaten or used medicinally.

And I'm not going to get into whether a banana is a berry LOL!