ananas
noun
ana·nas
in sense 1 ˈanəˌnas,
əˈnanəs;
in sense 2 ¦anə¦näs or ¦än-
1
capitalized : a small genus of tropical American plants (family Bromeliaceae) having basal sword-shaped leaves, terminal racemose flowers, and large syncarpous fruits see pineapple
2
or less commonly anana plural ananas
¦anə¦nä,
¦än-
-¦näz
: any of several plants of the family Bromeliaceae: such as a
: pineapple
b
: pinguin
Word History
Etymology
French or Spanish; French, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese, modification of Tupi naná
First Known Use
1600, in the meaning defined at sense 2