pineapple

noun pineapples · pine-apple

1. countable, uncountable A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
2. countable, uncountable The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
3. uncountable The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item. Spread lightly buttered white bread thinly with cream cheese; sprinkle with pineapple and press together, then cut the sandwiches in thin, slender strips.

   Similar: ananas

4. countable, slang, uncountable An Australian fifty dollar note.
5. countable, uncountable A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
6. countable, uncountable A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).
7. countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable A pinecone; the cone of the fir.
8. countable, slang, uncountable A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.) 'Twenty yards and they stop outside Car 245. Men with the rippers give a double squirt at your window. Open it up for the pineapple. Centre man tosses in the pineapple and all three run back to the car. Two seconds fuse. As they reach the car, BOOM! Fricassee of Compartment H.'

   Similar: grenade, hand grenade

9. countable, uncountable A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Similar: pine, ananas, pineapple plant

interjection pine-apple

1. A common safeword.