Complete Definition of "pineapple"

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Etymology
Image:Split ananas.jpg|thumb|A split pineapple
Calque of Dutch sparappel, pine cone, from the resemblance of the fruit to a pine cone, as noted by Dutch importers of the fruit to Europe.

Pronunciation
AHD|pīʹn�p�l, IPA|/�paɪnæp�l/, SAMPA|/"paIn{p@l/
audio|en-us-pineapple.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A tropical plant native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
  2. The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet, white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
  3. slang A hand grenade.

Synonyms
(plant): pineapple plant
(hand grenade): grenade, hand grenade

Derived terms
top3
crazy pineapple
pineapple bomb
pineapple bun
pineapple chunks
pineapple cloth
Pineapple Express
pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre
pineapple flower
pineapple grenade
pineapple guava
Pineapple Island
mid3
pineapple jelly
pineapple juice
pineapple kernel
pineapple mint
pineapple nut
pineapple plant
pineapple potato
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pineapple rum
pineapple sage
mid3
pineapple seed
pineapple shawl
pineapple strawberry
pineapple test
pineapple tree
pineapple upside-down cake
pineapple verbena
pineapple weed
pineapple wine
twisted pineapple

Related terms
apple
pine
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Translations
trans-top|plant
Arabic: t-|ar|أ�ا�اس|sc=ARchar
Croatian: t+|hr|ananas|m
Dutch: t+|nl|ananas|m
Ewe: abable, at�t�
French: t+|fr|ananas|m
German: t+|de|Ananas|f
Hebrew: �ננס (ananás)
Italian: t+|it|ananas|m, t-|it|ananasso|m
Japanese: t-|ja|������|trpainappuru|scJpan
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Korean: t-|ko|����|sc=Hang
Lithuanian: ananasas m
Mandarin: zh-ts|��|�� (b�luó)
Persian: t+|fa|آ�ا�اس|trânânâs|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Portuguese: abacaxi m (Brazil)
Russian: t+|ru|анана�|m|trananás|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|piña|f, t+|es|ananás|m
Turkish: t+|tr|ananas
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trans-top|fruit
Afrikaans: pynappel
Arabic: t-|ar|أ�ا�اس|sc=ARchar
Bosnian: t-|bs|ananas|m
Catalan: pinya f
Croatian: t+|hr|ananas|m
Czech: t-|cs|ananas
Danish: t-|da|ananas
Dutch: t+|nl|ananas|m
Ewe: abable, at�t�
Finnish: t+|fi|ananas
French: t+|fr|ananas|m
Frisian: ananas#Frisian|ananas
German: t+|de|Ananas|f
Greek, Modern: ανανά� (ananás)
Hausa: àbàrbáá
Hebrew: �ננס (ananás)
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Italian: t+|it|ananas|m
Japanese: t-|ja|������|trpainappuru|scJpan
Korean: t-|ko|����|sc=Hang
Lithuanian: ananasas m
Mandarin: zh-ts|��|�� (b�luó)
Classical Nahuatl: matzahtli
Neapolitan: ananassas
Persian: t+|fa|آ�ا�اس|trânânâs|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Portuguese: abacaxi m (Brazil), ananás m (Portugal)
Russian: t+|ru|анана�|m|trananás|scCyrl
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|ananas|m
Spanish: t+|es|piña|f, t+|es|ananás|m
Swedish: t+|sv|ananas
Tetum: ai-nanás, ananás
Turkish: t+|tr|ananas
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slang: hand grenade

Japanese: t-|ja|������|trpainappuru|scJpan
mid
Russian: лимонка (limónka) f

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