25-11-2016, 06:48 PM
(21-11-2016, 09:17 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hey Linda, nice to see you on the forum again. You know, that's actually a great suggestion - wonder why I didn't think of it myself
The question remains why the green thing is represented with a serrated edge... but the resemblance between the white thing and the nut's shell is dead on.
Thanks! On wiki it said that other species of Pistacia have soft shells, I wonder if that is why they might have thought the interior to be a rolled up leaf? The historical element is certainly in place with it having been recorded by Pliny the Elder as being "well known among us", and English language use of the name around year 1400. But no serrated leaves. Perhaps it is what they thought might come if it had been left to grow longer, a belief that the pistachio was a rolled up leaf that didn't develop, rather than a seed or nut?