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pineapple
[pahy-nap-uhl]
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 /
noun
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of pineapple1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pineapple1
Example Sentences
They have resorted to measures from deboning the bird to giving it a deep-tissue massage to stuffing a whole pineapple inside.
The exemptions covered other Ghanaian agricultural products including cashew nuts, avocados, bananas, mangoes, plantain, pineapples, coconuts, ginger and peppers, he said.
“Chocolate cake, vanilla cake, carrot cake, sponge cake, coconut cake, marble cake, pineapple cake, mousse cake, nougat cake, cheesecake, pound cake, and Black Forest cake,” Miss Mortimer explained.
The list of tariff exemptions published Friday also covers other produce such as avocados, coconuts and pineapples.
Ottaviani noted that for people aiming to reach that target, it helps to pair flavanol-rich fruits such as berries with ingredients that have low PPO activity, like pineapple, oranges, mango, or yogurt.
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