PINEAPPLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does pineapple mean?
• PINEAPPLE (noun)
The noun PINEAPPLE has 2 senses:
1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
2. large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
Familiarity information: PINEAPPLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PINEAPPLE (noun)
Meaning:
A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ananas comosus; pineapple; pineapple plant
Hypernyms ("pineapple" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "pineapple"):
ananas; pineapple (large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated)
Holonyms ("pineapple" is a member of...):
Ananas; genus Ananas (a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples))
Meaning:
Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
ananas; pineapple
Hypernyms ("pineapple" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("pineapple" is a part of...):
Ananas comosus; pineapple; pineapple plant (a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics)
