ananas

(əˈnænəs)

(Plants) the pineapple or a related tropical American bromeliaceous plant, the pinguin, that has an edible plum-shaped fruit. Also called: anana

[C17: from the native name in Peru]

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Noun	1.	Ananas - 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) genus Ananas liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family - a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance Ananas comosus, pineapple, pineapple plant - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
	2.	ananas - large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated pineapple edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Ananas comosus, pineapple, pineapple plant - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

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