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
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.
• (plant): ananas, pineapple plant
• (fruit): ananas
From the shape of a pineapple (the fruit).
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.
• (hand grenade): grenade, hand grenade
Source: Wiktionary
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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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