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Noun: pineapple  'pIn,a-pul
  1. A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
    - pineapple plant, Ananas comosus
     
  2. Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    - ananas

Derived forms: pineapples

Type of: edible fruit, herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Ananas, genus Ananas

Encyclopedia: Pineapple, Alabama