The iconic plant we call Spanish moss is misnamed in two ways: It has nothing to do with Spain and it is not a true moss. Its closest relative with which most people are familiar is the pineapple.

A Spanish craze encouraging single people to ... particularly if they put a pineapple upside down in their shopping trolley. The phenomenon seems to have been driven in great part by the actor ...

Police in Portugal and Spain said they seized hundreds of kilograms of cocaine hidden inside fresh pineapples and arrested nine members of a gang that had transported the drug from South America.