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ANANAS COMOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ananas comosus mean? 

ANANAS COMOSUS (noun)
  The noun ANANAS COMOSUS has 1 sense:

1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropicsplay

  Familiarity information: ANANAS COMOSUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANANAS COMOSUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ananas comosus; pineapple; pineapple plant

Hypernyms ("Ananas comosus" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "Ananas comosus"):

ananas; pineapple (large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("Ananas comosus" is a member of...):

Ananas; genus 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))


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