• pyre@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    isn’t apple used in many languages as a generic term for fruit?.. it’s not like pineapple has anything to do with apples either.

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      8 days ago

      Case in point: Pomegranate. pomme = apple or more generically fruit, granate = grenade. It’s a shrapnel apple. Apt description if you’ve ever eaten one.