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pineapple

[ pahy-nap-uhl ]

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noun

the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.
the plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves.
Military Slang. a fragmentation hand grenade.

pineapple

/ ˈpaɪnˌæpəl /

a tropical American bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, cultivated in the tropics for its large fleshy edible fruit
the fruit of this plant, consisting of an inflorescence clustered around a fleshy axis and surmounted by a tuft of leaves
slang.
military a hand grenade

1350–1400 for earlier sense; 1655–65 pineapple fordef 1; Middle English pinappel pine cone; pine ¹, apple

C14 pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance

It is served atop tamarind butter sauce and topped with grilled pineapple salsa.

The Bee Pollen juice looked appetizing and resembled a juice I routinely enjoy that consists of pineapple, apple, and lime.

I threw back a few pineapple-vodka-whatever drinks and, after a handful of songs, headed for the exits.

The co-stars of Pineapple Express and Freaks and Geeks have really outdone themselves this time.

“For 10 days prior to the Versace show, I just drank juice—carrot, ginger, pineapple—to cleanse,” she divulged.

The most common forms resemble the pineapple with its leafy fruit apex cut off.

Pare your pineapple; cut it in small pieces, and leave out the core.

A fig-tree was in a very thriving way, as were two vines, a pineapple plant, and some slips of a shaddock-tree.

One was of moderate size, and the other the very smallest they could find; a perfect baby of a pineapple.

Raspberries, peaches, shredded pineapple, or other fruit can be substituted for strawberries.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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