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pineapple

[ pahy-nap-uhl ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. the plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves.
  3. Military Slang. a fragmentation hand grenade.


pineapple

/ ˈ±è²¹Éª²Ôˌæ±èÉ™±ô /

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. slang.
    military a hand grenade
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Origin of pineapple1

1350–1400 for earlier sense; 1655–65 pineapple fordef 1; Middle English pinappel pine cone; pine 1, apple
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pineapple1

C14 pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance
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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.

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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.

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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.

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"I want to plant yucca, tomatoes, bananas, mangoes and pineapples," she enthuses.

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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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