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GENUS ANANAS
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
Ananas; genus Ananas
Classified under:
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)