ananas

British  

/ əˈnænəs /

noun

1. the pineapple or a related tropical American bromeliaceous plant, the pinguin, that has an edible plum-shaped fruit

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Etymology

Origin of ananas

C17: from the native name in Peru

Example Sentences

Made with 1,100 pounds of butter and topped with strawberries, tangerines, peaches and ananas, the world’s largest fruitcake won The Guinness World Record on May 24, 2014.

From Time • Jun. 12, 2014

Pine apple, ananas, is the queen of Antiguan fruits.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

He says Sir Matthew Decker first introduced ananas, p.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

In an hour! we have time to pass to the Calle del Peligro; you can offer some oranges or ananas to the charming tapadas who promenade there.

From The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love by Wilbur, Anne T.

My very curious picture of Rose, the royal gardener, presenting the first ananas to Charles II. proves the culture here earlier by several years.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace