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Definition of Pineapple plant
1. Noun. A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics.
Terms within: Ananas, Pineapple
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Ananas, Genus Ananas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pineapple Plant
Literary usage of Pineapple plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"The three requirements of the pineapple plant are that the roots must have a ...
The pineapple plant is not adverse to water, but the water, when filling up ..."
2. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"PINEAPPLE, the FRUIT of the pineapple plant, which first grew in South America,
... The pineapple plant has many long, stiff, sharp-pointed leaves, ..."
3. Bulletin by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez (1909)
"STRUCTURE OF THE pineapple plant. The pineapple plant consists of a short stem
... The leaf of the pineapple plant is in some varieties nearly smooth, ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"pineapple plant« freeze at 32° F. This degree of cold does not kill the heart of
the plant, but only the larger portion of the Ivs. Pines under sheds have ..."
5. Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii (1917)
"For the purpose of preventing the introduction into the Territory of Hawaii of
serious pests and diseases of the pineapple plant, all persons, companies and ..."
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