ANANAS
pineapple, ananas
(noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
Ananas, genus Ananas
(noun) a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ananas (plural ananases or ananasses)
(obsolete) Pineapple.
(obsolete) Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
A*na"nas, n. Etym: [Sp. ananas, from the native American name.]
(Bot.)
Definition: The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition