pineapple

pine•ap•ple n.

Plant Biology[countable] a tropical plant having a short stem and rigid, spiny leaves.
Plant Biologythe juicy, edible fruit of this plant: [countable]to buy two pineapples.[uncountable]a filling of pineapple.

pine•ap•ple n.

Plant Biologythe edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.
Plant Biologythe plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves.
Militarya fragmentation hand grenade.

1350–1400 for earlier sense; 1655–65 for def. 1; Middle English pinappel pine cone; see pine¹, apple

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pineapple /ˈpaɪnˌæp^əl/ n

a tropical American bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, cultivated in the tropics for its large fleshy edible fruit
the fruit of this plant, consisting of an inflorescence clustered around a fleshy axis and surmounted by a tuft of leaves
slang a hand grenade

Etymology: 14th Century pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance

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Collocations: peel a pineapple, a [juicy, fresh] pineapple, [canned, crushed, candied, grilled, caramelized, barbecued] pineapple, more...

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