What does "pineapple" mean?
A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
Pineapple
/ˈpaɪnæpəl/ intj, noun, slang
intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- Grammar: pineapple is listed as intj, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: pineapple plant, ananas, ananas comosus, ananas fruit.
- Useful contrasts: vegetable.
- Usage evidence: The fruit is similar to an orange in shape and to a pineapple in taste.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem. countable, uncountable
- 2 large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated wordnet
- 3 The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core. countable, uncountable
- 4 a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics wordnet
- 5 The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item. uncountable
"Spread lightly buttered white bread thinly with cream cheese; sprinkle with pineapple and press together, then cut the sandwiches in thin, slender strips."
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- 6 An Australian fifty dollar note. countable, slang, uncountable
- 7 A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus) countable, uncountable
- 8 A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow). countable, uncountable
- 9 A pinecone; the cone of the fir. countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
- 10 A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.) countable, slang, uncountable
- 11 A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple. countable, uncountable
Intj
- 1 A common safeword.
Synonyms
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Example
"The fruit is similar to an orange in shape and to a pineapple in taste."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pineapple"?
Common synonyms include: pineapple plant, ananas, ananas comosus, ananas fruit, berry, bromeliad.
How do you use "pineapple" in a sentence?
The fruit is similar to an orange in shape and to a pineapple in taste.
How do you pronounce "pineapple"?
Pronounced /ˈpaɪnæpəl/.
Etymology
From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnapplu. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel (“pinecone", formerly also "pineapple”), Afrikaans pynappel (“pineapple”), Middle Low German pinappel, Old High German pīnapful, Middle High German pīnaphel, and 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. By surface analysis, pine + apple. Sense "An Australian fifty dollar note": From the yellow colour of a $50 banknote in the first, second, and third series of Australian dollar notes. Compare with lobster for a $20 Australian banknote, and watermelon for a $100 Australian banknote.