A tropical fruit with a spiky crown and sweet, yellow flesh inside, also called a pineapple; or a type of finely woven pineapple-leaf fiber used in textiles.
From Spanish 'piña' (pinecone), named for the fruit's pinecone-like appearance. When Spanish conquistadors encountered the fruit in the Caribbean, they named it for its visual similarity to pinecones.
'Pina' fiber, made from pineapple leaves, creates an incredibly smooth and lustrous fabric called piña cloth that's been used for centuries in the Philippines to create formal shirts (barong tagalog)—it's a reminder that clothing luxury can come from agricultural byproducts rather than rare animal materials.
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