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    Why is it called pineapple when there is neither pine nor apple in it?

    Question #36666. Asked by puzzlerguy. (Jul 26 03 1:07 PM)


    gmackematix

    		I suppose just like grapefruit hang in groups giving them a grape-like appearance, pineapples have a vaguely pine-coney appearance. Apple is just a generic term so tomatoes are love apples, oak trees have oak-apples and these are pineapples.

    Something similar happens with pigs. So aardvark means "earth pig", porpoise means "fish pig" and of course there's guinea pigs.

    Jul 27 03, 1:13 AM
    elizabethmc

    		'The Spanish explorers thought pineapple looked like a pine cone, so they called it "Pina." The English added "apple" to associate it with juicy delectable fruits.' http://spinely.iwarp.com/PINEAPPLE.HTML


    Jul 27 03, 10:03 AM

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