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Definition of pineapple noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pineapple

noun
 
/ˈpaɪnæpl/
 
/ˈpaɪnæpl/
 [countable, uncountable]Idioms
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  1. a large tropical fruit with thick rough skin and stiff leaves on top, that is sweet and yellow inside with a lot of juice
    • fresh pineapple
    • a tin of pineapple chunks
    • pineapple juice
    Topics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • canned
    • tinned
    • fresh
    • …
    pineapple + noun
    • chunks
    • rings
    • juice
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a pine cone): from the noun pine + apple. The word was applied to the fruit in the mid 17th cent., because of its resemblance to a pine cone.
Idioms
the rough end of the pineapple
  1. (Australian English, informal) a situation in which somebody is treated badly or unfairly
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