• Comment105@lemm.ee
    731·
    2 years ago

    Botany should not have borrowed the word berry.

    I am of the opinion that “a small, sweet, edible fruit” is closer to the right definition for the word, and that botanists’ decision to appropriate the word for a redefined purpose was inappropriate and unnecessary.

    • phar@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      When did this all occur? Was berry a word for things like strawberries before and then it was chosen by botanists to meet another definition?