pineapple
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əl 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.
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| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C14 pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance] | |
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Pineapple
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pineapple
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Example sentences
Poll a preschooler or a parent and both will tell you who lives in a pineapple under the sea.
For a taste of the tropics, top this burger with a combination of sweet and salty spam and pineapple.
We've grown sugarcane, pineapple, vegetables and fruits without using any pesticides and they have been healthy and delicious.
Cooks often stick an onion or a pineapple on top of the rotisserie so that its juices drip down over the well-seasoned meat.
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