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pineapple [ˈpaɪnˌæpəl] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical American bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, cultivated in the tropics for its large fleshy edible fruit 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of this plant, consisting of an inflorescence clustered around a fleshy axis and surmounted by a tuft of leaves 3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Military slang a hand grenade [C14 pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations pineapple n pineapple [ˈpainӕpl] a type of large tropical fruit shaped like a large pine-cone, or the plant which produces it. pynappel أناناس ананас ananas ananas die Ananas ανανάς piña ananass درخت آناناس ananas ananas אֲנָנָס अनन्नास ananas ananász nenas ananas ananas パイナップル 파인애플 ananasas ananass nenas ananas ananas ananas ananás ananas ананас ananás ananas ananas ananas สับปะรด ananas 菠蘿 ананас انناس quả dứa 菠萝 pineapple → أناناس ananas ananas Ananas ανανάς piña ananas ananas ananas ananas パイナップル 파인애플 ananas ananas ananas abacaxi, ananás ананас ananas สับประรด ananas quả dứa 菠萝 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He hurled a pineapple at the ancient enemy of his people. On Sunday mornings she feasted royally on veal chops and pineapple fritters at "Billy's" restaurant, at a cost of twenty-five cents--and tipped the waitress ten cents. I will not tell the needless trouble I had breaking into that house--afterwards I found the front door was on the latch--nor how I ransacked every room for food, until just on the verge of despair, in what seemed to me to be a servant's bedroom, I found a rat- gnawed crust and two tins of pineapple. |
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