ananas
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ananas
C17: from the native name in Peru
Example Sentences
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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
Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, Far dearer than the torrid plains, Where rich ananas blow!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
He says Sir Matthew Decker first introduced ananas, p.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
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
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
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