| 1. | Ananas comosus This is our ordinary pineapple which has edible fruits.
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| 2. | The word " Ananas " is derived from the Portuguese.
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| 3. | In most languages, pineapple is called " ananas ".
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| 4. | "Ananas bracteatus " is grown as an ornamental plants for its decorative red fruit.
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| 5. | Others, like the delicious pineapple, Ananas comosus, are terrestrial plants, rooted to the ground.
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| 6. | Bowstrings are made from a semi-cultivated bromiliad fiber ( " Ananas lucidus " ).
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| 7. | The genus name is from the Greek pseudos ( false ) and the genus " Ananas ".
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| 8. | Ananas comosus " variegatus " has narrow leaves which are prickly-edged in a rosette habit of growth.
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| 9. | Other members of the " Ananas " genus are often called pine, as well, in other languages.
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| 10. | Only one bromeliad, the pineapple ( " Ananas comosus " ), is a commercially important food crop.
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