pineapple
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), equivalent to pine + apple. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin, the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel, the Middle Low German pinappel, the Old High German pīnapful, the Middle High German pīnaphel, and the early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”.
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Noun[edit]
pineapple (plural pineapples)
- A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
- (slang) A hand grenade.
- (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
Synonyms[edit]
- (plant): ananas, pineapple plant
- (fruit): ananas
- (hand grenade): grenade, hand grenade
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slang: hand grenade
