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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    I miss the days when I would get a new drug dealer and find out they had a pet. It always felt easier on my conscience to know that at least some of my money was going towards keeping some truly wonderful dogs, cats, and reptiles alive.

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    3 小时前

    Made my missile command game a little bit easier.

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  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 小时前

    Is there any analysis connecting the Ukraine war to the Iran war? like Ukraine (and the destruction of the nordstream pipeline) being part of the plan to attack Iran.

  • CrispyFern [fae/faer, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 小时前

    Decided to watch a livestream to see what all the fuss is about. The streamer started off by saying “hows everyone doing?” and I had to immediately turn it off. I’m sorry, I’m just not ready for that level of parasociality.

  • moh [it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 小时前

    more progress on my furry cross stitching. one thing i’m regretting is that i wish there was more contrast between the background color and character on the one on the right but i’m too far along to change that now ;w; photo of two cross stitch projects. you can see a grid drawn in red on aida cloth. the left corner has five squares filled in on both. on each you can see a full canine ear in pixel art style.

  • WokePalpatine [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 小时前

    My mother ignored the fact something’s wrong with her car and the key system or something related to that so now she can drive somewhere and get stranded because it says it won’t recognize the key (it’s not a chipped/key fob system so that’s weird). Love having to deal with increasing problems while normie dipshits just ignore problems and then act surprised things keep breaking down.

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    Fuck cars.