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Banana

Banana Meaning & Definition
Banana Definition And Meaning

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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