[syn: pineapple, ananas]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, pineapple
plant, Ananas comosus]
2: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of
stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: pineapple, ananas]