[pine.ap.ple] n (1664) 1 a: 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 b: the large edible multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the sweet succulent fleshy inflorescence
2: a hand grenade