'Pineapple' definitions:
Definition of 'pineapple'
From: WordNet
noun
A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics [syn: pineapple, pineapple plant, Ananas comosus]
noun
Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: pineapple, ananas]
Definition of 'Pineapple'
From: GCIDE
- Pineapple \Pine"ap`ple\, n. (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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pineapple'
From: GCIDE
- fragmentation grenade \fragmentation grenade\ n. (Mil.) A type of hand grenade designed to burst into multiple fragments upon detonation of the explosive charge; the fragments fly away at high velocity, killing or wounding persons nearby. Contrasted to concussion grenade. The common type of fragmentation grenade used by the American military was sometimes jocosely referred to as a pineapple from its reticulated surface appearance, resembling that of the fruit. [PJC]