pineapple

noun

1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

   noun.plant

   Synonyms ananas comosus pineapple plant

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

   noun.food

   Synonyms ananas

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. A tropical plant (<i>Ananassa sativa</i>); 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913