[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.370 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.370 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.370 - **Language:** English ### [c10.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.370) We should recall attention to the fact that pine-apple was good English long before the discovery of America, its proper meaning being what we have now been driven (for the avoiding of confusion) to call a pine-cone. This is the only meaning of the term ‘pine-apple’ in Minsheu’s \*Guide into Tongues\* (2nd ed. 1627). And the ananas got this name from its strong resemblance to a pine-cone. This is most striking as regards the large cones of the Stone-Pine of S. Europe. In the following three first quotations ‘pine-apple’ is used in the old sense: - [Previous: c10.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.369) - [Next: c10.371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.371) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.370) · Pramāṇa