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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pineapple
pine·apple [pineapple pineapples] BrE [ˈpaɪnæpl] NAmE [ˈpaɪnæpl] noun countable, uncountable a large tropical fruit with thick rough skin, sweet yellow flesh with a lot of juice and stiff leaves on top •fresh pineapple •a tin of pineapple chunks •pineapple juice see the rough end of the pineapple at ↑rough adj. Word Origin: late Middle English (denoting a pine cone): from the noun ↑pine + ↑apple. The word was applied to the fruit in the mid 17th cent., because of its resemblance to a pine cone.
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