Pineapple

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fragmentation grenade \fragmentation grenade\ n. (Mil.)
     A type of hand grenade designed to burst into multiple
     fragments upon detonation of the explosive charge; the
     fragments fly away at high velocity, killing or wounding
     persons nearby. Contrasted to {concussion grenade}. The
     common type of fragmentation grenade used by the American


     military was sometimes jocosely referred to as a {pineapple}
     from its reticulated surface appearance, resembling that of
     the fruit.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pineapple \Pine"ap`ple\, n. (Bot.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pineapple
       n 1: a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible
            fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely
            cultivated in the tropics [syn: {pineapple plant}, {Ananas
            comosus}]
       2: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of
          stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: {ananas}]