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pineapple

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pine·ap·ple  (pnpl)
n.
1.
a. A tropical American plant (Ananas comosus) having large swordlike leaves and a large, fleshy, edible, multiple fruit with a terminal tuft of leaves.
b. The fruit of this plant.
2. Slang A hand grenade.

[Middle English pinappel, pine cone : pine, pine; see pine1 + appel, apple; see apple.]

pineapple
Noun
a large tropical fruit with juicy flesh and a thick hard skin [Middle English pinappel pine cone]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pineapplepineapple - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
ananas, pineapple - large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Ananas, genus Ananas - a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
2.pineapple - large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Ananas comosus, pineapple, pineapple plant - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
Translations
Spanish pineapple [ˈpaɪnæpl] npiña, ananá(s) m (LAM)
French pineapple [ˈpaɪnæpl] nananas m
German pineapple [ˈpaɪnæpl] nAnanas f
Italian pineapple [ˈpaɪnæpl] nananas m inv

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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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