banana

noun

ba·nana | \ bə-ˈna-nə

, especially British -ˈnä-\

Definition of banana

1 : 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

Examples of banana in a Sentence

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The Tropical Room has a pond filled with koi, goldfish, and turtles, as well as banana trees, papaya trees, and Cycads, a plant species older than the dinosaurs. — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, "Have old-fashioned family fun at Oak Park Fall Fest," 14 Sep. 2019 But that evaluation might be unfair, given that so much of our courtship behavior is just bananas. — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, "Monogamy May Be Written in Our Genes," 14 Sep. 2019 Press banana candy into chocolate frosting as the beak. — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, "Flying Crow Cupcake," 12 Sep. 2019 The Category Five, with Appleton rum, banana liqueur, orange, lime, spiced cherry and bitters, is discounted to $5 during rainy weather. — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, "Tyler Anderson moves into New Haven, manning not one, but two restaurants at The Blake Hotel," 9 Sep. 2019 Sip on the Iron Man Cocktail at the bar or chow down in the vast main dining room, with its banana tree mural. — Dwight Brown, Essence, "ESSENCE Eats: The New York Fashion Week Edition," 7 Sep. 2019 During filming, Rashad blew away celebrity judges like Marcus Samuelsson with his fried soft-shell crab with banana ketchup. — San Francisco Chronicle, "Rashad Armstead fills a bag of French fries at his restaurant, Grammie's Down-Home Chicken, in Oakland.," 30 Aug. 2019 But banana shipments have been used to peddle cocaine before. — Hillary Leung, Time, "More Than $1 Million in Cocaine Was Found in Banana Shipments Bound for Grocery Stores," 24 Aug. 2019 Thousands of products from farms that met standards for sustainability have earned the seal -- including coffee, chocolate and bananas. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "Here's what we know about the fires in the Amazon rainforest," 23 Aug. 2019

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banana

noun

English Language Learners Definition of banana

: a long curved fruit with a thick peel that is yellow when it is ripe

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banana

noun

ba·nana | \ bə-ˈna-nə

Kids Definition of banana

: a fruit that is shaped somewhat like a finger, is usually yellow when ripe, and grows in bunches on a large treelike tropical plant with very large leaves