pineapple
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English[edit]
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 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”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña.
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: pīʹnăpəl, IPA(key): /ˈpaɪnæpəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪnəpəl/, /ˌpaɪnˈæpəl/
Audio (US) (file)
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.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
- (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
- A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
- A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).
- pineapple:
- (obsolete) A pinecone.
- A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
- (slang) A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.)
- Synonyms: grenade, hand grenade
- A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
Synonyms[edit]
- pine (archaic except South Africa, Caribbean, Guyana)
- (plant): ananas, pineapple plant
- (fruit): ananas
Derived terms[edit]
- crazy pineapple
- pineapple bomb
- pineapple bun
- pineapple cake
- pineapple chunks
- pineapple cloth
- Pineapple Express
- pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre
- pineapple finial
- pineapple flower (Eucomis)
- pineapple grenade
- pineapple guava (Acca sellowiana)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
plant
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fruit
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slang: hand grenade
slang: hairstyle
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