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pineapple bun

pineapple bun noun: a sweet bun, mainly popular in Hong Kong and Macau, with a crunchy sugary topping that has a checkered pattern resembling the epicarp of a pineapple.

pineapple bun: a sweet bun, mainly popular in Hong Kong and Macau, with a crunchy sugary topping that has a...
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Noun

pineapple bun (plural pineapple buns)

  1. A sweet bun, mainly popular in Hong Kong and Macau, with a crunchy sugary topping that has a checkered pattern resembling the epicarp of a pineapple.

Forms of pineapple bun

pluralpineapple buns

Origin of pineapple bun

Calque of Chinese 菠蘿包 /菠萝包 (bōluóbāo).

Questions about pineapple bun

What does pineapple bun mean?
Pineapple bun means a sweet bun, mainly popular in Hong Kong and Macau, with a crunchy sugary topping that has a checkered pattern resembling the epicarp of a pineapple.
What part of speech is pineapple bun?
Pineapple bun is a noun.
What is the plural of pineapple bun?
The plural of pineapple bun is pineapple buns.

Words near pineapple bun in the dictionary

  1. pinealoma
  2. pinealomas
  3. pinealomata
  4. pineals
  5. pineapple
  6. pineapple bun
  7. pineapple buns
  8. pineapple cake
  9. pineapple cakes
  10. Pineapple Express
  11. pineapple finial

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