PINEAPPLE


Meaning of PINEAPPLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī-ˌna-pəl ]

noun

Date: 1588

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

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