Ananas vs. Abacaxi — What's the Difference?

Ananas is a plant genus in the family Bromeliaceae. It is native to South America.

A large Brazilian pineapple.

(obsolete) Pineapple.

(obsolete) Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit.

The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).

A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)

Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated