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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[–] 10 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Looks like we can't use old.reddit.com without an account anymore. negative obviously it's reddit-logo and all but this genuinely does cut down the number of places I can look online in half, feels bad.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    I just ran into this today. I lurked on my city's subreddit without an account as it's a surprisingly useful source of local event info. On the positive side it's finally given me a reason to not go back to that site ever again.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    why not just make an account?

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