[syn: pineapple, ananas]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ananas \A*na"nas\, n. [Sp. ananas, from the native American
name.] (Bot.)
The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ananas
n 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) [syn: Ananas,
genus Ananas]
2: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of
stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: pineapple, ananas]