About The Word Banana
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Banana Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Banana?
[n] elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
[n] any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits Synonyms | Synonyms for Banana: banana tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Banana: burlesquer | caricaturist | clown | comedian | comic | cutup | epigrammatist | funnyman | gag writer | gagman | gagster | humorist | ironist | jester | joker | jokesmith | jokester | lampooner | madcap | parodist | prankster | punner | punster | quipster | reparteeist | satirist | wag | wagwit | wisecracker | wit | witling | zany See Also | abaca | dwarf banana | dwarf banana | edible banana | edible banana | edible fruit | genus Musa | herb | herbaceous plant | Japanese banana | Manila hemp | Musa | Musa acuminata | Musa acuminata | Musa basjoo | Musa paradisiaca | Musa paradisiaca sapientum | Musa paradisiaca sapientum | Musa textilis | plantain | plantain tree Banana In Webster's Dictionary \Ba*na"na\, n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.)
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size ({Musa
sapientum}); also, its edible fruit. See {Musa}.
Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of
great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches,
covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the
fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in
diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste,
and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a
native of tropical countries, and furnishes an
important article of food.
{Banana bird} (Zo["o]l.), a small American bird ({Icterus
leucopteryx}), which feeds on the banana.
{Banana quit} (Zo["o]l.), a small bird of tropical America,
of the genus {Certhiola}, allied to the creepers.
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