pineapple

Definition

  • noun: a large fruit that grows on a tropical tree and that has thick skin and very sweet, juicy, yellow flesh
  • noun: a tropical monocotyledonous plant ('Ananas comosus' of the family Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers

Examples

  • a can of chopped 'pineapple'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Sir, is it true that Professor Merrythought is retiring? Tom, I couldn't tell you if I knew, could I? And by the way, thank you for the pineapple. You're quite right. It is my favorite. But how did you know? Intuition. Good gracious, (..)
    2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince