(n.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.
Example Sentences:
(1) Add the pineapple and fry on each side for 1 minute.
(2) A previously unknown cysteine proteinase, named ananain, has been isolated from crude commercial pineapple stem bromelain.
(3) Histamine, tyramine, noradrenaline, serotonin and other pressor amines occur in fruits and fermented foods such as bananas, pineapples, cheese and wine.
(4) 1 | Dale Denton … from Pineapple Express Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘It’s almost a shame to smoke it’: James Franco, left, as dealer Saul Silver and Seth Rogen as Dale Denton in Pineapple Express, 2008.
(5) In a cupboard, tins of tomato soup, dried pasta, tea bags, tinned pineapple and stuffing mix.
(6) 2 Add all the remaining ingredients, cover and cook over a low heat for 30 minutes, until the pineapple is tender.
(7) The animals were treated 24 h postburn with two newly discovered enzyme fractions derived from the stem of the pineapple (Ananas comosus).
(8) After a short description of the uses of pineapple as folk medicine by the natives of the tropics, the more important new pharmaceutical applications of bromelain, reported between 1975 and 1978, are presented.
(9) They're served with tepache , an old- fashioned, lightly fermented but non-alcoholic pineapple juice drink.
(10) Hydrazinolysis of porcine thyroglobulin glycopeptides and of pineapple stem bromelain [EC 3.4.22.4] permitted the isolation of almost intact carbohydrate chains of these glycoproteins.
(11) The report was based on information gathered through interviews with the workers of a Natural Fruit pineapple processing factory and exposed violence against employees, forced overtime, the use of underage labour and the confiscation of passports of Burmese migrant workers.
(12) SHRINKING VIOLET RETURNS IN HIGHBROW DOCUSOAP UNLIKELY TO GARNER MUCH TABLOID ATTENTION Louie Spence's Showbusiness, Sky 1, 9pm – the star of Sky 1's Pineapple Dance Studios returned with his own series, debuting with 277,000 viewers, a 1.1% share of the audience.
(13) In places, as many as 47 A. simpsoni larvae were collected from one pineapple plant, and the total mean number of larvae per pineapple was 6.6, while the percentage of plants with larvae was as high as 93.6.
(14) They told me I was going to work in a pineapple factory,” recalls Kyaw, a broad-shouldered 21-year-old from rural Burma.
(15) The final execution of Ardiano Domingo — a Filipino who was hanged for killing a woman with scissors in a Kauai pineapple field — helped prompt Hawaii’s territorial lawmakers to abolish the death penalty in the state, said Williamson Chang, a University of Hawaii law school professor who teaches a course on the history of law in Hawaii.
(16) In response to rising paranoia around communism, the comic creators drew on the recent popularity of the Japanese viral sensation Piko Taro’s video Pen Pineapple Apple Pen , which has been viewed more than 16 million times.
(18) On the non-alcoholic side: pineapple juice, orange juice, lime and cranberry.
(19) Consider a shopper at an out-of-town retail park who wishes to buy some pineapple to satisfy one of her five a day.
(20) Among the items reduced are giant pineapples – chopped from £2 to £1.25 each – and a 400g can of Don Mario tomatoes cut by a third, to 69p.
Watermelon
Definition:
(n.) The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon.
Example Sentences:
(1) In his book Fight the Power , Chuck rails against everything from Hollywood to the sports industry for portraying blacks as 'watermelon stealin', chicken eatin', knee knockin', eye poppin' lazy, crazy, dancin', submissive, Toms.
(2) In an attempt to separate symptomatic from asymptomatic persons, we measured watermelon-specific-IgE and IgG4 concentrations in the sera of 29 watermelon-sensitive patients, 6 of whom were symptomatic.
(3) This was attributed to watermelons contaminated through the illegal or accidental use of aldicarb by a few farmers in one part of the state.
(4) Thirteen patients (9 women, 4 men) with anemia from acute and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding were found to have antral vascular disease consistent with watermelon stomach.
(5) Preliminary data, obtained in studies of watermelon, raise the possibility that some mtDNA transcripts share homology with ctDNA sequences.
(6) World leaders hail Paris climate deal as ‘major leap for mankind’ Read more The right sometimes complains that environmentalists are like watermelons – green on the surface but socialist red inside.
(7) Pros objects to it be shown March 25, 2014 Barry Bateman (@barrybateman) #OscarPistorius Nel: we can watch YouTube videos of shooting watermelons if we want (referring to another vid of Oscar at a range).
(8) Salads might feature watermelon, pickled rinds and cashews, while cocktails are little belters: the Del Bac Date ($12), made with Tucson’s malt whisky and local fruit, is purest nectar.
(9) The watermelon stomach is an uncommon but treatable cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding.
(10) For the first 21 amino acid residues, near-identical sequences were reported for the enzymes isolated from pig heart, Escherichia coli, yeast and watermelon.
(11) Discovery of aldicarb and its oxidative sulfoxide and sulfone metabolites in well or ground water in Florida, Wisconsin, and New York, and accidental poisonings from ingesting contaminated watermelons and cucumbers in the South and West have spurred interest and concern about this pesticide.
(12) Massimo Cellino claimed he did not know why he decided to appoint Darko Milanic as the new manager of Leeds United and likened coaches to watermelons, saying: “You find out about them when you open them.” The Leeds owner confirmed the former Slovenia international and “very cool guy”as the club’s manager.
(13) As for Boris Johnson, the Labour MP Rupa Huc reminded Radio 4 listeners that the London mayor has a line of patter in “ flag-waving piccaninnies ” and “watermelon smiles”.
(14) The bacterium isolated from winter squash proved pathogenic for pumpkin, winter squash, cucumber and watermelon but no for muskmelon.
(15) A minute ago, there was only a fruit salad, a watermelon, and some pre-cooked rice noodles, only modestly reduced from £1.20 to 71p.
(16) The amino acid sequence of the coat protein of watermelon mosaic virus 2 (WMV 2) was determined by a combination of peptide and nucleic acid sequencing.
(17) Pathognomonic red vascular folds, likened to stripes on a watermelon, can be seen endoscopically.
(18) The mitochondrial and glyoxysomal isoenzymes of malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27) from watermelon cotyledons and the mitochondrial isoenzyme from pig heart adsorbed reversibly to 5'-AMP-Sepharose.
(19) Switzer, who said many environmentalists are “watermelons” because they conceal “socialist agendas”, said Klein’s call to racially reshape capitalism is “a radical agenda, it’s bad politics because stands almost no chance of gaining widespread support, not just in Australia especially in developing countries chugging their smoking path to prosperity”.
(20) cultivar Biloxi) and the bacterium Bacillus pasteurii (Miguel) Migula, but not from watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.