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pineapple

The definition of a pineapple is a tropical fruit with a tough outer shell that looks like a pine cone with edible yellow fruit inside.

(noun)

A tropical fruit with edible yellow fruit that is used to make pina coladas and that is typically put on Hawaiian pizza is an example of a pineapple.

See pineapple in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a juicy, edible tropical fruit somewhat resembling a pine cone: it consists of the fleshy inflorescence of a collective fruit developed from a spike of flowers
the terrestrial plant (Ananas comosus) of the pineapple family on which it grows, having a short stem and spiny-edged, recurved leaves
Slang a hand grenade shaped like a small pineapple

Origin: ME pinappel, pine cone (see pine & apple): mod. sense from shape of the fruit

adjective

designating a large family (Bromeliaceae, order Bromeliales) of tropical and subtropical, mostly epiphytic, monocotyledonous plants, including the Spanish moss

See pineapple in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A tropical American plant (Ananas comosus) having large swordlike leaves and a large, fleshy, edible, multiple fruit with a terminal tuft of leaves.
b. The fruit of this plant.
Slang A hand grenade.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pinappel, pine cone

Origin: : pine, pine; see pine¹

Origin: + appel, apple; see apple

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