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pineapple
[ pahy-nap-uhl ]
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.
pineapple
/ ˈ貹ɪˌæə /
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
- slang.military a hand grenade
Word History and Origins
Origin of pineapple1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pineapple1
Example Sentences
When Wayne signals he is ready, the doctor mixes the meds with cherry and pineapple juice to soften the bitter taste - and he hands this pink liquid to Wayne.
Costs could rise immediately on perishable goods caught in limbo at international ports, including avocados and pineapples, said Sung Won Sohn, a former commissioner at the Port of Los Angeles.
Police in Kenya have named three men wanted in connection with the murder of a Scottish businessman whose body was found in a sack of pineapples.
"I want to plant yucca, tomatoes, bananas, mangoes and pineapples," she enthuses.
The first of two “pineapple express” storms has arrived in Southern California after delivering a stronger-than-expected pounding to the San Francisco Bay Area, breaking rainfall records.
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