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Webster 1913 Edition

Pineapple

Pine′apˊple

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A tropical plant (
Ananassa sativa
); also, its fruit; – so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

Definition 2024

pineapple

pineapple

English

A split pineapple.

Noun

pineapple ‎(plural pineapples)

  1. A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, 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.
  4. (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
  5. A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Pineapple Island
  • pineapple jelly
  • pineapple juice
  • pineapple kernel
  • pineapple mint
  • pineapple nut
  • pineapple plant
  • pineapple potato
  • Pineapple Primary
  • pineapple rum
  • pineapple sage
  • pineapple seed
  • pineapple shawl
  • pineapple strawberry
  • pineapple test
  • pineapple tree
  • pineapple verbena
  • pineapple weed
  • pineapple wine
  • twisted pineapple

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Translations

Etymology

From Middle English pinappel ‎(“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), equivalent to pine +‎ apple. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin, the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel, the Middle Low German pinappel, the Old High German pīnapful, the Middle High German pīnaphel, and the early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pīʹnăpəl, IPA(key): /ˈpaɪnæpəl/

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