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



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