GENUS ANANAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ananas mean? 

• GENUS ANANAS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANANAS has 1 sense:

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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANANAS (noun)

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ananas; genus Ananas

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ananas"):

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)

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

Bromeliaceae; family Bromeliaceae; pineapple family (a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance)