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  1. Pineapple
    (Ananas) This group consists of 9 species of tropical, terrestrial bromeliads (plants belonging to the family, Bromeliaceae) native to tropical America. These plants are commonly known as Pineapples. They grow up to 4 feet high and produce rosettes of long, stiff, spiny leaves. Pineapples...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/ananas.htm

  2. pineapple
    [n] - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves 2. [n] - large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Pineapple
    Pine'ap`ple noun (Botany) A tropical plant ( Ananassa sativa ); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/90

  4. pineapple
    <botany> A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. pineapple
    ananas noun large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. pineapple
    pineapple plant noun a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Pineapple
    • (n.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. pineapple
    (Ananas comosus), fruit-bearing plant of the family Bromeliaceae, native to tropical and subtropical America but introduced elsewhere. The pineapple ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/69

  9. Pineapple
    A carving detail commonly used on 19th century furniture (and reproductions) as a symbol of hospitality.
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  10. Pineapple
    An exceedingly juicy fruit with a distinctive tangy sweet taste. Pineapples must be picked when ripe because they won't ripen off the plant. The English named this fruit for its resemblance to a pine cone.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  11. pineapple
    pineapple, common name for one member of and for the Bromeliaceae, a family of chiefly epiphytic herbs and small shrubs native to the American tropics and subtropics. The spiny leaves of various species of the genus Ananas yield a hard fiber called gravata in South America and piña, or pineappl...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08390

  12. Pineapple
    Pineapple is slang for a hand grenade (a Mills bomb).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Pineapple
    Pineapple is slang for a hand grenade (a Mills bomb).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Pineapple
    The pineapple (Ananas sativa) is a plant of the family Bromeliaceae, native to south and central America but cultivated in many warmer climates. The fruit was introduced into England in the 17th century.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. pineapple
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pīn′ap-ĕl Definitions: 1. The fruit of Ananas sativa or Bromelia ananas (family Bromeliaceae); it contains a proteolytic and milk-clotting enzyme, bromelain.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  16. pineapple
    Click images to enlargeLarge, juicy fruit of the pineapple plant, which belongs to the bromeliad family and is native to South and Central America but now cultivated in many other tropical areas, such as Hawaii and Queensland, Australia. The plant's mauvish flowers are produced in the second year, and afterwards join ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  17. Pineapple
    An exceedingly juicy fruit with a distinctive tangy sweet taste. Pineapples must be picked when ripe because they won't ripen off the plant. The English named this fruit for its resemblance to a pine cone.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  18. Pineapple
    The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant and fruit, native to Brazil, Bolivia, and also at Paraguay. The plant is a bromeliad (family Bromeliaceous), a short, herbaceous perennial with 32 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves 30-120 cm long, surrounding a thick stem. The leaves of the S...
    Found on http://www.fruitsinfo.com/glossary-p.htm

  19. Pineapple
    Tool used to help suppress a basement fire.
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  20. Pineapple
    `Pineapple` (Ananas comosus) is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a accessdate=2009-12-06-->--> It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeli...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple



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