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ANANAS COMOSUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
Synonyms:
Ananas comosus; pineapple; pineapple plant
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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))