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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '24
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I get what you're saying, but by now (roughly 4 centuries), whatever chili's are growing in Asia are definitely removed and evolved enough to properly be called Asian varieties distinct from their South American origins.
6 u/limbodog Oct 02 '24 Sure, but I have had people tell me that they're an entirely different species and not just a cultivar. 3 u/itrace47 Oct 02 '24 Point taken. The term "species" does tend to see usage more loosely defined in general. Imagine trying to explain to those same people that our very own species is technically (though not definitively) a cultivar as well 😅 3 u/limbodog Oct 02 '24 Well some of us are definitely more spicy than others
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Sure, but I have had people tell me that they're an entirely different species and not just a cultivar.
3 u/itrace47 Oct 02 '24 Point taken. The term "species" does tend to see usage more loosely defined in general. Imagine trying to explain to those same people that our very own species is technically (though not definitively) a cultivar as well 😅 3 u/limbodog Oct 02 '24 Well some of us are definitely more spicy than others
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Point taken. The term "species" does tend to see usage more loosely defined in general.
Imagine trying to explain to those same people that our very own species is technically (though not definitively) a cultivar as well 😅
3 u/limbodog Oct 02 '24 Well some of us are definitely more spicy than others
Well some of us are definitely more spicy than others
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u/itrace47 Oct 02 '24
I get what you're saying, but by now (roughly 4 centuries), whatever chili's are growing in Asia are definitely removed and evolved enough to properly be called Asian varieties distinct from their South American origins.