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Some do not eat grains, believing it is unnatural to do so, [citation needed] and some fruitarians feel that it is improper for humans to eat seeds as they contain future plants, [3] or nuts and seeds, [8] or any food besides juicy fruit. [9] Others believe they should eat only plants that spread seeds when the plant is eaten. [10]
Avocados have a multi-layer pericarp that surrounds the tough seed at the center, consisting of the exocarp (the peel), the mesocarp (the flesh), and the endocarp (a thin layer surrounding the seed).
To distribute their seeds, dry fruits may split open and discharge their seeds to the winds, which is called dehiscence. [18] Or the distribution process may rely upon the decay and degradation of the fruit to expose the seeds; or it may rely upon the eating of fruit and excreting of seeds by frugivores – both are called indehiscence. Fleshy ...
The term husk dates to c.14, it is probably based on Middle Dutch word huusken meaning 'little house', which is derived from hūs meaning house. [1] In cooking, hull can also refer to other waste parts of fruits and vegetables, notably the cap or sepal of a strawberry. [2] Grains such as wheat and barley have husks. The grains are the entire ...
On the flip side, vegetables are the parts of plants that are edible and don’t have seeds. That’s why lettuce (the leaves), onions (bulbs), potatoes (tubers), asparagus (stems) and carrots ...
The main plants referred to as gourds include several species from the genus Cucurbita (mostly native to North America, including the Malabar gourd and turban squash), Crescentia cujete (the tree gourd or calabash tree, native to the American tropics) and Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd, thought to be originally from Africa but present ...
Merriam-Webster defines "fruit" as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant." Most often, these seed plants are sweet and enjoyed as dessert (think berries and melons), but some ...
Pericarp – the body of the fruit from its outside surface to the chamber where the seeds are, including the outside skin of the fruit and the inside lining of the seed chamber. Suture – the seam along which the fruit opens; normally in most fruits it is where the carpel or carpels are fused together.