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"Normal" lemons are mutants. They're a hybrid of two different Citrus species, citron and bitter orange, that both look weirder than lemons. In fact, one variety of citron, Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, is nicknamed "Buddha's hand" and looks like this:
So what it appears (to me, at least, as someone who isn't a biologist or citrus expert) is that that lemon happened to mutate again in such a way that it started partially expressing an ancestral form.
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This is just sciency words for eldritch horror
Could also be a way of calling someone a monkey.
"Looks like you're partially expressing an ancestral form!"
What
WHAT
That's a goddamn shuttlecock
The all-skin lemon
I just looked up what these look like on the inside and am quite disappointed
Pretty sure it's just fasciation. It's usually rare so it tends to make them fairly valuable.
I think you're lying. I think you are a biologist or at least a citrus expert! Liar!
I have given you the label "lemon fact guy". Wear it with pride because I mean it well. Thanks for sharing your lemon knowledge