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. Ananas \A*na"nas\, n. [Sp. ananas, from the native American name.] (Bot.) The pineapple ({Ananassa sativa}).