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Etymology
The word "pineapple" in English was first recorded to
describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees (now
termed pine cones). When European explorers
encountered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called
them "pineapples" (first referenced in 1664, for
resemblance to pine cones).[9][10]

In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the

original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word
nanas, meaning "excellent fruit",[11] as recorded by André
Thevet in 1555, and comosus, "tufted", refers to the stem Pineapple, whole and in
longitudinal section
of the fruit. Other members of the genus Ananas are often
called pine, as well, in other languages.

Botany
The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial, which grows to
1.0 to 1.5 m (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, although sometimes it can
be taller. In appearance, the plant has a short, stocky stem
with tough, waxy leaves. When creating its fruit, it usually
produces up to 200 flowers, although some large-fruited
cultivars can exceed this. Once it flowers, the individual A young pineapple in flower

fruits of the flowers join together to create a multiple fruit.

After the first fruit is produced, side shoots (called
'suckers' by commercial growers) are produced in the leaf
axils of the main stem. These may be removed for
propagation, or left to produce additional fruits on the
original plant.[5] Commercially, suckers that appear
around the base are cultivated. It has 30 or more long,
narrow, fleshy, trough-shaped leaves with sharp spines
along the margins that are 30 to 100   cm (1.0 to 3.3   ft)
long, surrounding a thick stem. In the first year of growth,
Pineapple in the starting stage
the axis lengthens and thickens, bearing numerous leaves

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