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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 tropics
Familiarity information: ANANAS COMOSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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