: 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
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: 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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Vendors hawk bananas and doughnuts at small outdoor markets.—Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025 Food truck Troika serves everything from Mayan pumpkin dip to banoffee pie, thick with bananas and caramel.—Anya Von Bremzen, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025 Tasting Notes: Dark chocolate, caramelized banana, cinnamon, and oak.—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 Some great options include small palms, hardy banana, cannas, hibiscus, spineless succulents, bedding flowers, and grasses.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for banana
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Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banaana banana
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