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    Why was a pineapple named that? It is neither pine-like nor apple-like.

    Question #128091. Asked by endoverend. (Nov 28 12 10:51 PM)


    rayven80

    		Christopher Columbus named it "piña de Indes" Pine of the Indians because it looked like a pine cone.

    http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/pineapplehist.htm

    Nov 28 12, 11:44 PM
    euab

    		During the second voyage of Columbus,the Spanish invaders called the pineapple "Pina de Indias" because of a somewhat far-fetched resemblance to the pine cone, and it was the English who named it "pineapple".
    http://www.chacha.com/question/why-are-pineapples-called-pineapples-if-they-neither-taste-like-an-apple-nor-are-they-pine-like

    Nov 29 12, 9:32 AM

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