I was eating a pomegranate the other day and notice some similarities.
2006-11-25 06:08:06 · 4 answers · asked by caitie 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
There may be similarities, but the answer is definitely no. Corn (the plant -- called maize in the rest of the world) a type of grass. A grass that grows quite big for grass. The part we eat is the "seed-head" of the grass. Originally cultivated in Central America.
Pomegranites are the fruit pods off a specific type of small bushy tree. Probably originally grown in the Middle East or Africa.
2006-11-25 06:14:25 · answer #1 · answered by Bruce Ewing 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are as different as chalk and cheese ... pomegranates are produced by woody shrubs and are dicots; corn is produced by a tall, tropical grass and so are monocots.
The niblet-like things in the pomegranate are INSIDE a fruit so they are seeds ... seeds that have a fleshy envelope (called an aril) around them. In corn, the niblets are on the outside of the cob ... they are actually one-seeded fruits (like all grains we get from grasses)
2006-11-25 21:32:11 · answer #2 · answered by myrtguy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not.Maize i.e. corn is a monocot,while pomegranate's a dicot.Only relation I can think of is that they both belong to same division-spermatophyta and sub-div -angiospremae.
2006-11-25 23:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
dere is a slight similarities but d are 4rm d same family
2006-11-25 08:05:59 · answer #4 · answered by Maro E 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋