: an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind
a bunch of bananas
slipped on a banana peel
2
: any of several widely cultivated perennial often treelike herbs (genus Musa of the family Musaceae, the banana family) bearing bananas in compact pendent bunches
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One banana has about 400 milligrams of potassium, said Alexandra Rosenstock, RD, CDN, a dietitian at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, told Verywell.—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 18 July 2025 On the other hand, bananas are sweeter and usually are eaten raw.—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 18 July 2025 Small wooden boats had come across the Caribbean Sea from Venezuela to sell their tropical bounty: avocados, bananas, guava, kiwi, mangoes, melons and Jalapeño peppers.—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 July 2025 Sporting a new look brought to life in high fidelity graphics, Donkey Kong appears powerful — majestic, even — but quickly sheds the veneer for a goofy smile and banana icons in his eyes.—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for banana
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Etymology
Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banaana banana
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