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Post by Veritaserum on Jul 3, 2007 13:48:02 GMT -5
I've been thinking lately, and I've discovered a question to which nobody I have so far asked knows the answer. So, I thought I'd see what you make of it. What's the difference between a pip and a seed? It's not size, because apple pips are the same size as passion fruit seeds. It's not placement, because strawberry seeds are on the outside of the strawberry, but kiwi seeds are on the inside. I have not yet thought of a fruit which has pips on the outside. I had wondered whether it was just two words that mean the same thing, but it isn't... because you apple seeds sounds as wrong as strawberry pips. So what's the difference?
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Post by moogle on Jul 3, 2007 16:45:17 GMT -5
LMAO, this is going to bug me forever now until I find an answer, and most likely there is no answer.
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Post by sara jonas on Jul 3, 2007 22:33:08 GMT -5
Well, according to Google, a pip is a type of seed.
"Two distinct meanings: the seed of some fruits (eg Orange) and the rootstock of some flowering plants (eg Convallaria)."
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Post by moogle on Jul 4, 2007 23:41:48 GMT -5
Well, I guess there is the answer then; there is no difference.
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Post by Veritaserum on Jul 5, 2007 2:30:19 GMT -5
But what are the seeds called that aren't pips, then? If a pip is a type of seed, then how is it known which seeds are really pips?
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shea
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yeah, that'll teach him
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Post by shea on Jul 5, 2007 14:32:09 GMT -5
I had wondered whether it was just two words that mean the same thing, but it isn't... because you apple seeds sounds as wrong as strawberry pips. but wait, apples do have seeds..
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Post by moogle on Jul 5, 2007 15:28:09 GMT -5
But you don't say orange seeds now do you? You say pips.
Maybe it is citrus fruit that have pips. Like lemon pips, mandarin pips, etc etc.
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Post by sara jonas on Jul 6, 2007 10:42:56 GMT -5
Maybe what defines a pip from a regular seed is the size, or maybe how it's grown.
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Post by Veritaserum on Jul 7, 2007 1:13:37 GMT -5
It's not size, because apple pips are the same size as passion fruit seeds. Did you not see that or was that not what you meant?
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Post by moogle on Jul 7, 2007 20:28:22 GMT -5
I seriously think it has to do with citrus. We know that the citrus fruit are mandarins, lemons, lime and oranges. (i think that is all of them) and all of them have pips, not seeds.
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Post by Veritaserum on Jul 8, 2007 2:05:44 GMT -5
Hmm, I'm having trouble coming up with a non-citrus fruit that has pips. I think you may have it there!
Can anyone else think of a fruit that is not a citrus fruit, that has pips?
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blueyeverouge
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Sometimes you have to make the choice between what is easy, and what is right...
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Post by blueyeverouge on Jul 9, 2007 20:14:17 GMT -5
prunes dont they have pips? i just call everything seeds so i dunno
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Post by moogle on Jul 9, 2007 22:31:17 GMT -5
prunes don't have anything do they? The prunes I have eaten don't have seeds or pips.
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Post by Veritaserum on Jul 10, 2007 2:34:56 GMT -5
The thought of eating a prune makes me feel sick, but I honsetly can't remember what they taste like, let alone what they look like inside...
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Post by moogle on Jul 10, 2007 3:41:59 GMT -5
They're kind of like dates except they taste nicer. Well, the ones here do anyway.
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