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  • noun Plural form of pineapple.

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Examples

  • As on the first Monday, so on the second - pageantry, music and breathtaking beauty, enlivened by the scrabbling to catch one of the pineapples from the Papaloapan, a sombrero de palma from the Mixteca, mezcal from Ejutla or any of the varied products of their region thrown by members of each delegation into the audience.

    Guelaguetza 1999

  • As on the first Monday, so on the second - pageantry, music and breathtaking beauty, enlivened by the scrabbling to catch one of the pineapples from the Papaloapan, a sombrero de palma from the Mixteca, mezcal from Ejutla or any of the varied products of their region thrown by members of each delegation into the audience.

    Guelaguetza 1999

  • The heart of the plant, called pineapples (piñas), are first smoked in an oven and mashed (tepache) to extract the liquid.

    Stepping Into the Colorful, Tasteful World of Mexico - Oaxaca e d b m 2008

  • The heart of the plant, called pineapples (piñas), are first smoked in an oven and mashed (tepache) to extract the liquid.

    Archive 2008-01-01 e d b m 2008

  • Vanille-Pineapple smells not so much like fresh pineapples as it portrays the idea of pineapples as we know it through the flavoring industry.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Ayala Sender 2006

  • The European Union has granted favorable tariff rates to many developing countries in the past decade, especially for fruit and vegetables it doesn't grow, such as pineapples, mangoes and passion fruit.

    Flight Ban Takes Toll on Some Sectors 2010

  • For lighter desserts, locals turn to tropical fruits such as pineapples, guava and mamey for flans, timbales, and pudding-like sweets.

    A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

  • For lighter desserts, locals turn to tropical fruits such as pineapples, guava and mamey for flans, timbales, and pudding-like sweets.

    A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

  • For lighter desserts, locals turn to tropical fruits such as pineapples, guava and mamey for flans, timbales, and pudding-like sweets.

    A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

  • In some communities, whole fruits such as pineapples are considered exotic because they are so hard to find.

    Mari Gallagher: Fast, Cheap and Easy: How Fringe Food Hurts Public Health When it's the Only Choice 2008

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