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banana
[ buh-nan-uh ]
noun
- a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit. Compare banana family.
- the fruit, especially that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.
banana
/ bəˈnɑːnə /
noun
- any of several tropical and subtropical herbaceous treelike plants of the musaceous genus Musa , esp M. sapientum , a widely cultivated species propagated from suckers and having hanging clusters of edible fruit
- the crescent-shaped fruit of any of these plants Compare plantain 2
Word History and Origins
Origin of banana1
Word History and Origins
Origin of banana1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with banana , also see drive someone crazy (bananas) ; go bananas ; top banana .Example Sentences
Produce like strawberries, avocados and bananas are especially susceptible to price hikes, Cornell said.
He’s got too much on his mind to allow this monkey to really go bananas, and his indecision makes the movie’s nihilistic viewpoint feel all the more hollow and forced.
The company encouraged customers who had purchased the bowls, which include berries, bananas, granola and dried coconut, to throw them out or return them.
They would identify the smell of bananas, garlic, licorice, fish and so on, while the researchers took recordings of the activity of individual neurons in their piriform cortex and medial temporal lobe.
Their unique, curved architecture, designed to make use of limited space, earned them the "banana flats" nickname.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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