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