Why is a pineapple called a pineapple...?!
Answers: it does not come off of a pine tree and its not red like an apple and i like apples and all but i dont think that you can eat a pine cone so why is it called a pineapple?
I think you need to ask the idiot who named it that in the first place.
were just the idiot's who go along with that idiot!!!
Becuase peach was taken
It seems logical that pineapples should have been named after pine cones. In fact, at one time, pine cones and pineapples were called by the same name. The surprising thing is that the name they shared was "pineapple," not "pine cone." Yes, there is evidence dating back to around the year 1400 showing Middle English speakers using the word "pineapple" for what we call a pine cone and for ornaments or decorations made to resemble pine cones. Meanwhile, the term "pine cone" did not show up in English until the late 1600s.
This nicely explains why people adopted the name "pineapple" for the tropical fruit — it reminded them of the things that grow on pine trees and that they called "pineapples." It does not explain, however, what apples have to do with either pine cones or pineapples. Why would people use the name "pineapple" to refer to pine cones in the first place? Pine cones don't look like apples any more than pineapples do.
The answer lies in the history of the word "apple." We know that since the days of Old English people were using "apple" for the kind of fruit we call apples today. But they were also using "apple" for other fruits and plant growths, both those that resembled apples and those that didn't. We see evidence of these generalized senses of "apple" not only in "pineapple" but also in less common terms like "oak apple" (a round gall produced on oak leaves and twigs by a gall wasp), "earth apple" (a potato or Jerusalem artichoke) and "cashew apple" (the pear-shaped edible receptacle on which the cashew nut is borne).
So while "pineapple" is not as obviously descriptive as, say, "blueberry" and "star fruit" are today, back when English speakers were first encountering a tropical fruit new to them, the name "pineapple" was a perfectly fitting choice.
This juicy, heavy fruit was found by Christopher Columbus when he and his crew made their second voyage to the Caribbean in the year 1493. Even though they found Pineapple to be unusual looking, they liked the sweet taste. Columbus thought the fruit resembled a pine cone, so he called it the, "Pine of the Indies."
There is nothing in a Pineapple's appearance that resembles an "apple." It's said that it got the addition to its name when Christopher Columbus showed the fruit to the English people. An "apple" was already a tasty, popular fruit that many people enjoyed. Therefore, in order to enhance its appeal, Columbus added "apple" to the name he had already given it. And, the name "pineapple" was set into place.