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genus Ananas

genus Ananas

7.4
A group of tropical plants from the Americas that make pineapples
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛnəs əˈnænəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : género Ananas
  • The genus Ananas includes several species, but the pineapple is the most widely cultivated.

Examples

  • Research on the genus Ananas has led to improved varieties of pineapple for commercial farming.

  • Did you know that genus Ananas is native to South America?

  • Botanists classified the plant as belonging to the genus Ananas due to its distinctive fruit.

  • The genus Ananas includes several species of pineapple.

  • Botanists classified the plant as belonging to the genus Ananas due to its distinctive fruit.

  • Research on the genus Ananas has led to improved varieties of pineapple for commercial farming.

  • The genus Ananas includes several species, but the pineapple is the most widely cultivated.

Synonyms

Ananas
vsgenus Ananas
  • Specialized
8.6

A group of tropical plants that includes the pineapple

is the same meaning but shown as a formal scientific name phrase

Surface Forms

genus Ananas singular
genera Ananas plural

Morphology

genus + Ananas

The phrase is directly compositional: 'genus' (a biological rank grouping related species) combined with 'Ananas' (the plant name) yields the meaning 'the genus called Ananas, i.e. the group of pineapple species.' Scientific taxonomic naming is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Genus Ananas comes from a South American native word 'nanas' that people used for the pineapple. When scientists later named the genus Ananas, they kept that word, so genus Ananas means the group of plants that make the pineapple fruit.