banana


Definition: Meaning of, banana in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bəˈnɑːnə /

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Singular Plural
banana bananas
[countable]
  1. a long curved tropical fruit with a yellow skin
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banana used in phrases

  • Abyssinian banana (noun)
    1. large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
  • Ethiopian banana (noun)
    1. large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
  • Japanese banana (noun)
    1. asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan
  • banana bender (noun)
    1. informal an inhabitant of Queensland
  • banana boat (noun)
    1. a ship designed to transport bananas
  • banana bread (noun)
    1. moist bread containing banana pulp
  • banana family (noun)
    1. treelike tropical Asian herbs
  • banana oil (noun)
    1. a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol; has the odour of bananas
  • banana passion fruit (noun)
    1. cultivated for fruit
  • banana peel (noun)
    1. an embarrassing mistake made by someone in a public position, especially a politician or someone in a government [=  banana skin British English]
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