By Anon - 15/05/2015 13:58 - United States - Lakeville

Today, my brother and I had a long argument. He believes wholeheartedly that pineapples are not actually fruits, but berries. When I showed him a google search, he accused me of "faking" it. FML
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gquagmire 17

Just googled it, and pineapples are in fact, a fusion of berries. YDI OP.

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theramster 9

A pineapple is not a fruit, but a mass of berries attached to a stalk. So while it is not a single berry, he is technically right.

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nikaboo12 9

http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/pineapple.html You are in fact in the wrong here and your brother is correct. A pineapple as a whole is technically not a fruit, because it is a cluster of berries, therefore each individual berry is a fruit, not the entire pineapple. Read the link, paragraph under the picture.

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gabby4576 7

The pineapple “fruit” is not really a fruit at all but is a mass of individual berries fused to the central stalk. This is why the “fruit” has leaves on top. They are actually the continued growth of the stalk beyond where the berries are attached. Pineapples are not grown from seed.

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Hunthas 17

the sad fact is pineapples are colloquially classified as fruits for ease of appeasing the masses, but botanically they are classified as berries. you sir, are wrong.

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MrMoofinMan 19

You know, I've gotten to the point that I refuse to participate in conversations relating to definitions of fruits, vegetables, berries, and anything else to do with botanical categorization because I end up questioning my own existence by the end of them.

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mwali02 32

Can't fix stupid...

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idragosani 15

Since when are berries not fruit? (Pineapples are technically coalesced berries)

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lemonadestand 7

A pineapple itself is not a berry. But pineapples are made up of multiple coalesced berries. Do basically, berries fused together. That is why the outside has little round bits and the inside looks lime it is separated into little segments. Look it up.

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