English word pineapple was first used to name the reproductive organs of conifers. Therm ”pine cone” was documented some 300 years later, around 1690. European explorers found the new fruit similar to the pineapple (now named pine cone) and there comes its name from. The name ananas comes from Tupi language, where nanas stands for excellent fruit.
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And it’s a CAM photosynthesizer, so that’s very cool. Or hot, I guess. 😉 She holds her breath during the day and breathes at night. Can you hear her? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
A daily rhythm!
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I see you admire plants, too 😉
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Truly. Some days I feel like I have roots and branches.
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OK, I understand that, with me, I feel mostly like having branches in the morning, at the end of the day I feel mostly my roots…….
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And pinot wines are also pinecones (little pine), with the noir, blanc and gris only being colour mutations.
And a peach is a persian apple.
And Eve mounched on a Pomegranate in the Garden, which became a pear, and only later an apple.
Apple was, way back, as generic a word as pine. Only later did it come to specify a particular fruit.
And now we can mounch, mounch, munch, munch and crrrrrrunch.
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Playing with apples you forgot the Apfelsine, Pomme de Terre, Pomodoro -slovene word for apple is jabolko and we use it to describe some other fruits, too: rajsko jabolko (apple from Eden) can describe tomato, pomme granate or khaki (they were all quiet exotic here not so long ago )..but I still hardly understand the similarity between apple and pineapple (describing pinecone) ?
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Through the pomegranate. And the generic nature of it all. Just too excited about fruit, that’s me.
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Which is good!
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One of the most delectable universal fruits. Few surpass it in aroma, mouth watering tastes, and sweetness like my love…
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You are absolutely right!
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I did not know that:-)
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And now you do 😉
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Fascinating history.
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I agree!
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I ate a great helping of pineapple at a friends wedding anniversary party, just last night. No wonder I feel so great today. Everything is in great working order. 😉
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Pineapples at your place must be tasty, aren’t they?
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Sure! I believe Delmonte grows them for export here… lol
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Lucky you!
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