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Pineapple vs Pineappley - What's the difference?

pineapple | pineappley |

As a noun pineapple

is a tropical plant, ananas comosus , native to south america, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.

As an adjective pineappley is

resembling a pineapple or some aspect of one.

pineapple

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * apple * pine (-)

    pineappley

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a pineapple or some aspect of one.
  • * 1996 , Richard Swinburne, Is there a God??
    • Why does eating chocolate cause the brain events which cause the taste we call chocolatey rather than the taste we call pineappley ?
  • * 2002 , Michael Broadbent, Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine
    • Then it was pale waxy yellow; youthful pineappley nose and some CO2; medium-dry, good fruit, excellent acidity, spicy oaky finish.
  • * 2003 , Roy Yamaguchi, Joan Namkoong, Maren Caruso, Hawaii cooks: flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim kitchen?
    • The golden orange flesh of a mango lends its lively, peachy-citrusy-pineappley tropical flavor.
  • * 2006 , Josh Rogan, Mike Miller, Son of Pendragon
    • Their scales were raised at an angle far more than usual, giving their hides a pineappley look.

    Alternative forms

    * pineapply