Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ananas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ananas \A*na"nas\, n. [Sp. ananas, from the native American
name.] (Bot.)
The pineapple ({Ananassa sativa}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ananas
n 1: 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) [syn: {Ananas}, {genus
Ananas}]
2: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of
stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: {pineapple}]
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