pineapplelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pineapple +‎ -like.

Adjective[edit]

pineapplelike (comparative more pineapplelike, superlative most pineapplelike)

  1. Having some characteristics of a pineapple; resembling or similar to a pineapple.
    • 1997 March 13, Peter Sell, Gina Murrell, Flora of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 5, Butomaceae - Orchidaceae, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
      Plants consisting of a dense hemispherical mass often more than 1 m across, with narrow pineapplelike leaves which have strongly spiny margins 170. BROMELIACEAE 7. If plant is a dense hemispherical spiny mass, then a growth form of []
    • 2009, Frank L. Fire, The Common Sense Approach to Hazardous Materials, Fire Engineering Books, →ISBN, page 163:
      Ethyl butyrate is a flammable, irritating, narcotic, clear, colorless liquid with a pineapplelike odor. it has a flash point of 75°F, an ignition temperature of 865°F, and flammable or explosive limits of 0.9 to 3.5. it has a specific []
    • 2012 December 2, Gerard Meurant, Handbook of Food and Beverage Stability, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 724:
      Sugars participate in browning reactions that cause darkening of the juice and also in the formation of compounds generally described as apricotlike or pineapplelike in flavor (13). Degradation Products and Flavor Change Prolonged []

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