1. Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
   "Ananas is another name for pineapple";
   - pineapple

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)
   - genus Ananas

Derived forms: ananases

Type of: edible fruit, liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: Ananas comosus, Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple, pineapple family, pineapple plant

Encyclopedia: Ananas, Tocantins