different between pineapple vs watermelon

English

Etymology

From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), equivalent to pine +? apple. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch p?nappel, the Middle Low German pinappel, the Old High German p?napful, the Middle High German p?naphel, and the early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p??n?p?l, IPA^(key): /?pa?næp?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pa?n?p?l/, /?pa?n?æp?l/

Noun

pineapple (plural pineapples)

1. A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
2. The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
4. (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
5. A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
6. A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).

7. (obsolete) A pinecone.
8. A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
9. (slang) A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.)

   Synonyms: grenade, hand grenade

10. A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Synonyms

• pine (archaic except South Africa, Caribbean, Guyana)
• (plant): ananas, pineapple plant
• (fruit): ananas

Derived terms

Related terms

• apple
• pine
• pine-apple

Translations

English

Etymology

From the 1610s, a compound of water +? melon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??t??m?l?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?t???m?l?n/

Noun

watermelon (countable and uncountable, plural watermelons)

1. A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
2. The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
3. (derogatory, slang) An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarity to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red (Communist) on the inside).
4. A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh (also called watermelon pink).

5. A project that is presented as on schedule when it actually has parts that are falling behind.

Derived terms

• watermelon radish

Translations

Anagrams

• water lemon