'Ananassa sativa' definitions:

Definition of 'Ananassa sativa'

From: GCIDE
  • Pineapple \Pine"ap`ple\, n. (Bot.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American. [1913 Webster]