the unpeeled peel

[darkoshi]

errant thought:
Is the skin of a banana called a banana peel, even before it is peeled?
Is the rind of an orange called orange peel, while it is still all on the orange?

Comments

[frith]

To skin is to remove the skin, to peel is to remove the peel. So I'd say yes, skin does not have to be removed to be called skin, ergo idem peel.