鳳梨

Etymology
So named for the similarity between the crown of a pineapple and the tail of a male fenghuang.

Noun

 * 1)  pineapple

Etymology
From written.

First attested in Japanese in 1876. Apparently the fruit was first cultivated in Japan in 1830, with records from 1845 of the Dutch importing pineapples via Nagasaki.

The reading is the expected Japanese on'yomi (kan'on) for the 🇨🇬 spelling. Compare the modern 🇨🇬 reading fung6 lei4, or 🇨🇬 hōng-lâi.

Noun

 * 1)   pineapple, both the fruit and the plant

Usage notes
In modern Japanese, the term is much more common.