/ ˈpaɪnæpl; NAmE / noun
[ C , U ] a large tropical fruit with thick rough skin, sweet yellow flesh with a lot of juice and stiff leaves on top :
fresh pineapple
a tin of pineapple chunks
pineapple juice
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IDIOMS
see rough adjective
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting a pine cone): from the noun pine + apple . The word was applied to the fruit in the mid 17th cent., because of its resemblance to a pine cone.