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
Pineapples are borne here and there, and it will be noted that armorists have not surrendered this, our ancient word for the “fir-cone,” to the foreign ananas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The governor's garden, however, is stocked with various plants, such as cucumbers, melons, carrots, Indian pinks, some plants of barren ananas, and some marigolds.
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
Sierra Leona abounds in palm-trees, and has some ananas, or pine-apples, with plenty of wood of all sorts, besides having an exceedingly convenient watering-place opposite to the anchorage.
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