As nouns the difference between pineapple and karatas
is that pineapple is a tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem while karatas is Nidularium karatas, a West Indian plant of the pineapple family.
pineapple
Noun
(
en noun)
A tropical plant, Ananas comosus , native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
(slang) A hand grenade.
(slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
Synonyms
* (plant) ananas, pineapple plant
* (fruit) ananas
* (hand grenade) grenade, hand grenade
Derived terms
* crazy pineapple
* pineapple bomb
* pineapple bun
* pineapple chunks
* pineapple cloth
* Pineapple Express
* pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre
* pineapple flower
* pineapple grenade
* pineapple guava
* Pineapple Island
* pineapple jelly
* pineapple juice
* pineapple kernel
* pineapple mint
* pineapple nut
* pineapple plant
* pineapple potato
* (Pineapple Primary)
* pineapple rum
* pineapple sage
* pineapple seed
* pineapple shawl
* pineapple strawberry
* pineapple test
* pineapple tree
* pineapple verbena
* pineapple weed
* pineapple wine
* twisted pineapple
karatas
English
Noun
(
-)
(botany) Nidularium karatas , a West Indian plant of the pineapple family.
(
Webster 1913)
