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English discoverers be naming fruit like (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I think Oranges were named before Carrots. What are these? They're orange....oranges What about these? Oh shit....long pointys?

Demitri Martin

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Carrots weren't generally orange when they were named

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Love Demetri Martin.

But the real story is weirder: the color is named after the fruit. Prior to the 16th century it was "yellow-red".

Also carrots were not commonly orange when oranges arrived in Europe. The carrots we're used to were hybridized from the earlier yellow, red, and purple varieties in the late 18th century.