Why is it called a grapefruit?
The fruit part is obvious. But we already have a grape that is already a fruit. According to John Lunan, it tastes just like grape (I don't think I could agree with him any less about anything). According to botanist Chevalier de Tussac, it looks like a yellow grape (pretty sure he must have been looking at the wrong thing or maybe he never got closer than 50 meters from it). Anyway, they must all be wrong. But there must be some sort of reason.
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When my son was two he asked me why is it milk? I learned a good answer then. "Because everything has a name and the name for that is milk! But I agree with you on your reasoning! It doesn't taste or look like a grape!!
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 Growing up in Michigan, where people talk funny, I often heard people ask why Michiganders tend to call it "melk." But I think that's a different sort of story. But, more on a related note, some people are frustrated by things like "soy milk" and "almond milk," since they are not milk. But, to me, "grapefruit" would be more like if Coca Cola was called "Milkdrink."
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Grape+fruit=grapefruit. Clusters resemble the shape of large yellow grapes.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉
So they say. I, personally, don't see how a cluster of 6-8 large leathery-skinned orangish-yellow fruits resemble clusters of 80-300 thin-skinned translucent green or redish purple fruits. But, if most people are willing to accept that comparison, I suppose I'm just missing something. -
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See this... a group of grapes is called a bunch. lol
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