nanas

Moms' moms, informally

Nanas is an informal, affectionate term for grandmothers, the plural of nana.

It belongs to the family of reduplicated nursery words like mama and papa that children produce early in language acquisition.

The term remains common in adult speech as a familiar way to refer to one's grandmother or grandmothers generally: Both my nanas came to my graduation.

In some contexts, nanas is also a playful or childish plural of banana.

fruit

pineapple

Spiny-skinned tropical fruit

juicyFull of moisture
sweetTasting of sugar
tartSharp-flavored small pie

slices · core · ripe · canned · chunks · rings · upside-down cake · juice · tropical · yellow

plant

crown

Sovereign's ornamental headpiece

spikyHaving sharp projections
leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
plantationLarge-scale farming operation

harvest · cultivar · sucker · bromelia · growing · garden · pot · indoor · ornamental · foliage

tropical

exotic

Strikingly unusual, foreign-seeming

equatorMidpoint circle of rotation
humidityMoisture in atmosphere
rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem

Southeast Asia · Hawaii · Philippines · Thailand · Costa Rica · Caribbean · palm · coconut · mango · papaya

texture

prickly

Spiny or irritable

roughUneven in surface
thornyHaving sharp protrusions
spinyHaving sharp points

barbed · pointed · jagged · bristly · sharp · scaly · rind · skin · eyes · exterior

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pineapple

crown

exotic

prickly

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