pineapple
noun
pine·ap·ple
ˈpī-ˌna-pəl 
1
a
: a tropical monocotyledonous plant (Ananas comosus of the family Bromeliaceae, the bromeliad family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers
b
: the large edible multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the sweet succulent fleshy inflorescence
2
: a hand grenade
Examples of pineapple in a Sentence
a can of chopped pineapple
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Add flour mixture, 1 cup pecans, and pineapple to butter mixture; stir with a sturdy spatula until well blended.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Moore then mixed the lethal medication with cherry and pineapple juice to soften its bitter taste, and handed the drink to him.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
If no one is mad about that, then Andrea and everyone on the internet should finally relax about pineapple.
—John Hodgman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pineapple
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pineapple
noun
pine·ap·ple
ˈpī-ˌnap-əl
: a tropical plant with stiff spiny sword-shaped leaves and a short flowering stalk that develops into an edible fruit with usually pale yellow sweet juicy flesh and very thick skin
also
: this fruit
Etymology
Middle English pinappel "the cone of a pine"; so called because the fruit looks like the cone from a pine tree
Medical Definition
pineapple
noun
pine·ap·ple
ˈpī-ˌnap-əl
1
: a tropical monocotyledonous plant (Ananas comosus of the family Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers
2
: the multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the succulent fleshy inflorescence and whose juice is the source of the proteolytic enzyme bromelain
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