what is a grenade fruit
More. The Old French word grenate, the root of grenade, is a shortened form of pome grenate â pomegranate â, literally âmany-seeded appleâ. The connection is the supposed resemblance between the shape of the bomb and that of the fruit. Early on in its history grenade could also refer to the fruit.Continuing the fruity theme, a hand grenade has, since the First World War, been informally known as a pineapple. A small bomb thrown by hand or launched mechanically. Example sentences. 1  Their unit was ambushed with bombs, grenades and petrol bombs, but the soldiers managed to escape their vehicle before it burned out.