The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

The pineapple is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries. The introduction of the pineapple plant to Europe in the 17th century made it a significant cultural icon of luxury. Since the 1820s, pineapple has been commercially grown in greenhouses and many tropical plantations. The fruit, particularly its juice, has diverse uses in cuisines and desserts.

Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit. The plant normally propagates from the offset produced at the top of the fruit or from a side shoot, and typically matures within a year.

1772 illustration of an Ananas comosus pineapple which was given the early scientific name of Cardus brasilianus folius aloes by Banhius in 1623

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    This just REEKS of REDDIT. I bet this so called leftist would change up real quick when it comes to neopronouns, police, prison, black or brown people, etc.

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    Cyberpunk 2077 apology form

    I thought it was tacky that the people there said “flatlined” instead of “killed”, but then I lived to see “unalived” become common slang less than a decade later

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    Seriously considering saving up like $850 to meet with this specialist who seems like my best chance of getting help or finding a cause for these health problems I’ve had for the past 8 years

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    Lmao Leroy jenkins caught a temp ban after all that. Didn’t need to keep angryposting but did and ended up (accidentally, I assume) misgendering and was already on thin ice so they (the mods. I’m not misgendering anyone) got him.

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    Hexbear party line on giving 2 weeks notice? Just accepted a job offer and they wanna know a start date. Kinda wanna just have friday be my last day and chill for a week or so before my new job.

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    little bit of criticism of Dolly

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    One missed opportunity of Woke 1 was that we should have fucking obliterated those “No Added MSG” labels on food products. Why are those still there. Is there anyone under 60 that still thinks MSG is bad for you. Fucking racist shit pisses me off

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    I appreciate the warm reception of getting to this place. I’m still undoing the damage reddit and twitter did to me where I have to verbally joust everyone because everyone is brain fried and perpetually looking to dunk on you with some horatio caine one-liner for internet points.