My friends and I were have a discussion, and the subject just come up. WE can't figure it out. Maybe YOU can.
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pineapple a: a tropical monocotyledonous plant (Ananas comosus of the ancestral Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk near a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers b : the full-size edible multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the sweet succulent fleshy inflorescence
citrus: any of a group of normally thorny trees and shrubs (Citrus and related genera) of the rue family grown contained by warm regions for their appetizing fruit (as the orange or lemon) near firm usually thick rind and pulpy flesh; also : the fruit
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Nope.
CITRUS: Any of various evergreen, usually spiny shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus, such as the grapefruit, lemon, or ginger, native to southern and southeast Asia, have leathery, aromatic, unifoliolate compound leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy palatable fruits that have a leathery aromatic rind. Also, the fruit of any of these plants.
PINEAPPLE: A tropical American plant (Ananas comosus) have large swordlike leaves and a generous, fleshy, edible, multiple fruit next to a terminal tuft of leaves. Also, the fruit of this plant.
So no.
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yes.
no it is classified as a tropical fruit.
Renee in BC?! It's Bruce! Anyhow, pineapple is NOT a Citrus fruit, although it is significantly acidic!