Pineapple (now termed pine cones). When European explorers encountered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called them "pineapples" (first referenced in 1664, for resemblance to pine cones). In the scientific binomial "Ananas comosus", "ananas", the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word "nanas", meaning "excellent fruit", as recorded by André Thevet in 1555, and "comosus", "tufted", refers to the stem of the fruit. Other members of the genus "Ananas" are often called pine, as well, in other languages. The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial, which grows to tall, although sometimes it can be taller. In appearance, the
Bizarre Fruit Bizarre Fruit Bizarre Fruit is the third album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at number 4, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, "Bizarre Fruit II", was released a year later. This album sold over 900,000 copies in the UK and was certified 3× Platinum. In 1996 it was announced that "Bizarre Fruit" had reached 1.1 million copies sold worldwide. The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart and