"pineapple bun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pineapple buns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: pineapple bun Categories (topical): Foods Translations (sweet bun): 菠蘿包 (Chinese Cantonese), 菠萝包 (bo¹ lo⁴ baau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 菠蘿包 (Chinese Mandarin), 菠萝包 (bōluóbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), ananaspulla (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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