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pineapple

pine.ap.ple \'pi--.nap-*l\ n 1a: a tropical monocotyledonous plant (Ananas 
   comosus of the family B romeliaceae, the pineapple family) with rigid 
   spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head 
   of small abortive flowers 1b: the fruit of this plant consisting of the 
   succulent fleshy inflorescenc e 2a: a dynamite bomb  2b: a hand grenade