A pineapple is a large oval fruit that grows in hot countries. It is sweet, juicy, and yellow inside, and it has a thick brownish skin.
pineapple in British English
(ˈpaɪnˌæpəl)
noun
1.
a tropical American bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, cultivated in the tropics for its large fleshy edible fruit
2.
the fruit of this plant, consisting of an inflorescence clustered around a fleshy axis and surmounted by a tuft of leaves
3. military slang
a hand grenade
Word origin
C14 pinappel pine cone; C17: applied to the fruit because of its appearance
pineapple in American English
(ˈpaɪnˌæpəl)
noun
1.
a juicy, edible tropical fruit somewhat resembling a pine cone: it consists of the fleshy inflorescence of a collective fruit developed from a spike of flowers
2.
the terrestrial plant (Ananas comosus) of the pineapple family on which it grows, having a short stem and spiny-edged, recurved leaves
3. Slang
a hand grenade shaped like a small pineapple
adjective
4.
designating a large family (Bromeliaceae, order Bromeliales) of tropical and subtropical, mostly epiphytic, monocotyledonous plants, including the Spanish moss
Word origin
ME pinappel, pine cone (see pine2 & apple): mod. sense from shape of the fruit