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noun the 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.
the plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves.
Military Slang . a fragmentation hand grenade.
Origin of pineapple 1350–1400 for earlier sense; 1655–65 for def. 1 ; Middle English pinappel pine cone; see pine1 , apple
Words nearby pineapple pineal eye, pineal gland, pinealocyte, pinealoma, pineal stalk, pineapple , pineapple guava, pineapple tree, pineapple weed, pine barren, Pine Barrens
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British Dictionary definitions for pineapple noun 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
military slang a hand grenade
Word Origin for pineapple C14 pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance
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