ANANAS

(Lat.), n. m.. From_the Malay, nânas or andnas; Hindu stan i, ananas. Fr.,ananas. Ger., Ananas. It., anana e, an an as so, 1. A genus of bromeliaceous plants, established by Tournefort, although the name a. was first applied to the plants of this genus by Pison (1648). It is distinguished by its stiff leaves with pple along the edges, and by the consolidation of its berries with their bracts into a syncarpous fruit. 2. Of Gartner, a genus of plants, corresponding to Bromelia. [B, 19, 170.]—A’äther (Ger.). Oil of a. [B.J—A. cultivé (Fr.). See A. sativus.—A. des bois (Fr.), A name in the French West Indies for different species of Bromelia and Tillandsia. * [B, 121.]—A’erdbeere (Ger.). The Fragaria an an a a (seu grandiflora), [B, 180.] —A’e enz (Ger.). An alcoholic solution of oil of a., 49.]— (Ger.). See AN AN AS INÆ—A’hanf (Ger.), The fibre obtained from the leaves of A. sativus. [B, 49.]—A. karat as (Fr.), See Brome ia karat as.—A’kirsche (Ger.). See under Puysaras. A. mai-pourri (Fr.). See BROMELIA mai-pourri—A’ë1 (Ger. Oil of a. [B.]—A. pigna (Fr.). See BROMELIA pigna.—A. pinguiu (Fr.). See BROMELIA pinguin.—A. sativus [Schultes]. Fr., a, cultivé, ianta. Syn.: Bromelia a. peep {L, 105.] » It., ananas ana a sativa [Lindley] (et vulgar is [Lindley)). The pineapple 5 a species indigenous to South America, and naturalized in the East and West Indies, in tropical Asia, and in Africa. It is a biennial plant with stiff spinous leaves from which is obtained a fibre used In raring: cords and ropes. The compound conical fruit, or pineapple, is borne on a short stalk rising from the centre of the plant. It is very juicy, and when ripe forms a delicious table-fruit; unripe, it is acid and styptic, and is said to be a powerful diüretic and anthelmintic, and to be abortifacient. (1B, 19, 180.]—A. sauvage (Fr. See BROMELIA pinguin.—A’schildlaus (Ger.). See Coccus bron lie.—A’seide (Ger.). See Ananashanf, — (Ger.). Pinei bare A. (Ger.). See A. sativus.—Oil of A solution of ethyl butyrate in 8 or 10 It has the odor of the pineapple, and is nfectioners and perfumers, also to give the flavor of iin, evar. (Fr.), The pineapple. [B, 121.] AN AN AS INÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl.?), Fr., an an as inées. Ger., Ananasinen. An order of monocotyledonous plants established by Braun, comprising the single family, Bromeliaceæ, It is distinguished from the Lilifloræ, by the disposition of the perianth which consists of 6 leaflets, 3 external, igen and calyx-like, and 3 internal, colored and corolliform. [B, AN AN ASS A (Lat.), n. f. A?n(a%n)-a?n(a5n)-a2s(a )/sa’, Lindley’s name for the genus Ananas. [B, 19.|—A. Incida [Lindley]. A variety, with edible fruit, indigenous to South America. [B, 180.] —A. sativa [Lindley]. See ANANAS sativus.—A. semis errata [Lindley]. A South American species, with edible fruit; probably a variety of A. sativa. [B, 180.|—A. vulgar is [Lindley]. See ANANAS sativus.