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  2. Pineapple - Wikipedia

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    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. Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit.

  3. Crassulacean acid metabolism - Wikipedia

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    The pineapple is an example of a CAM plant.. Crassulacean acid metabolism, also known as CAM photosynthesis, is a carbon fixation pathway that evolved in some plants as an adaptation to arid conditions [1] that allows a plant to photosynthesize during the day, but only exchange gases at night.

  4. Bromeliaceae - Wikipedia

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    Only one bromeliad, the pineapple (Ananas comosus), is a commercially important food crop. Bromelain, a common ingredient in meat tenderizer, is extracted from pineapple stems. Many other bromeliads are popular ornamental plants, grown as both garden and houseplants. Bromeliads are important food plants for many peoples.

  5. How to turn grocery store staples into plants that will ... - AOL

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    Pineapple . The tops of pineapples can become pineapple plants of their own if given the right amount of water and protected from frost. Sparks said he cuts the top of the pineapple off just below ...

  6. Matricaria discoidea - Wikipedia

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    Matricaria discoidea, commonly known as pineappleweed, [3] wild chamomile, disc mayweed, and rayless mayweed, is an annual plant native to North America and introduced to Eurasia where it grows as a common herb of fields, gardens, and roadsides. [4] It is in the daisy family Asteraceae. The flowers exude a chamomile/pineapple aroma when crushed ...

  7. Eucomis comosa - Wikipedia

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    Eucomis comosa is an ornamental plant with numerous cultivars, varying in colour from forms with white flowers and little or no purple on the leaves, to forms with deeply coloured leaves. Described as "surprisingly hardy" in the UK, [ 3 ] down to −5 or −10 °C (23 or 14 °F), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it needs a sheltered spot in full sun, and a ...

  8. Hedge your bets: Mix up plant varieties to form a ... - AOL

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    Old-fashioned large-growing varieties such as George Lindley Taber or Formosa can grow to 10 feet in height with a spread of about 8 feet. Deciduous native azaleas also have a place in mixed hedges.

  9. Feijoa sellowiana - Wikipedia

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    The plant is a warm-temperate, subtropical plant that also will grow in the tropics, but requires at least 50 hours of winter chilling to fruit, and is frost-tolerant. When grown from seed, feijoas are noted for slow growth during their first year or two, and young plants, though cold tolerant, can be sensitive to high wind.