<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, <em>Ananas comosus</em>, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.</li><li>The plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves.</li><li>Military Slang: a fragmentation hand grenade.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>