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Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..

Beneaped :: Beneaped (a.) See Neaped.

Neapolitan :: Neapolitan (a.) Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.

Pineapple :: Pineapple (n.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American..

Neap :: Neap (a.) Low.

Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..

Tarantella :: Tarantella (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia..

Azarole :: Azarole (n.) The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit..

Pi–a Cloth :: Pi–a cloth () A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow..

Neapolitan :: Neapolitan (n.) A native or citizen of Naples.

Pinery :: Pinery (n.) A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.

Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..

Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to blast; to blight.

Snib :: Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.

Lachrymae Christi :: Lachrymae Christi () A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine..

Neap :: Neap (n.) The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

Sneb :: Sneb (v. t.) To reprimand; to sneap.

Bromeliaceous :: Bromeliaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family..

Apogean :: Apogean (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee..

Enneapetalous :: Enneapetalous (a.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves..

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