pineapple
IPA: pˈaɪnæpʌɫ
noun
- A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
- (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
- A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
- A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).
- (obsolete or dialectal) A pinecone; the cone of the fir.
- A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
- (slang) A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.)
- A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
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Examples of "pineapple" in Sentences
- Add the pineapple and margarine.
- Her favourite fruit is pineapple.
- It is the home of the pineapple and orange.
- He likes the pineapple tarts and the creampuffs.
- The various soils where the pineapple could grow.
- There is a pub in the village named The Pineapple.
- Most of the farmers' taking is banana and pineapples.
- The top of the roof was marked by a golden pineapple.
- Dorney is where the first pineapple in the UK was grown.
- This is the capital of pineapple production in the Bahamas.