pineapple

Meaning

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.
• The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
• An Australian fifty dollar note.
• A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum (species), syn. Chilomycterus geometricus (species))
• A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).
• A pinecone.
• A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
• A hand grenade.
• A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Related

Similar words

• pine
• ananas, pineapple plant
• ananas

Origin

• Image:Split ananas.jpg|thumb|A split pineapple.
• From Middle English pinappel ("pinecone"), equivalent to . Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare 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”. 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.