pineapple

Definition of Pineapple in English :

Noun

1. 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

2. ananas, pineapple

large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

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Pineapple

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noun

1.

a tropical American bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, cultivated in the tropics for its large fleshy edible fruit

2.

the fruit of this plant, consisting of an inflorescence clustered around a fleshy axis and surmounted by a tuft of leaves

3. military slang

a hand grenade

Pineapple

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noun

1.

a juicy, edible tropical fruit somewhat resembling a pine cone: it consists of the fleshy inflorescence of a collective fruit developed from a spike of flowers

2.

the terrestrial plant (Ananas comosus) of the pineapple family on which it grows, having a short stem and spiny-edged, recurved leaves

3. Slang

a hand grenade shaped like a small pineapple

adjective

4.

designating a large family (Bromeliaceae, order Bromeliales) of tropical and subtropical, mostly epiphytic, monocotyledonous plants, including the Spanish moss

Pineapple

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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.

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