PINEAPPLE

pineapple, ananas

(noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

pineapple, pineapple plant, Ananas comosus

(noun) a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pineapple (plural pineapples)

A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.

The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.

(uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.

(slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.

A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)

A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).

(obsolete) A pinecone.

A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.

Synonyms

• (plant): ananas, pineapple plant

• (fruit): ananas

Etymology 2

From the shape of a pineapple (the fruit).

Noun

pineapple (plural pineapples)

(slang) A hand grenade.

A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Synonyms

• (hand grenade): grenade, hand grenade

Source: Wiktionary

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Pine"ap`ple, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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