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What part of a plant is a pineapple?


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A pineapple is a fruit: the mature ovary of a flower. It is a very complex fruit, and it is actually the fused ovaries from several flowers. Its main purpose is to attract organisms which will take the seeds and disperse them so that new plants can grow away from the parent plant.

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