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Non-Tech : The Pineapple Thread
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To: Graystone who wrote (3)2/18/2002 12:47:47 AM
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Ananas Comosus

pine•ap•ple

Pronunciation: (pI'nap"ul), [key]
—n.
1. the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.
2. the plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves.
3. Mil. Slang.a fragmentation hand grenade.

In an interesting clash of ideologies, the pineapple is also traditionally a symbol of hospitality, I think that is why it became slang for a hand grenade.
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