banana

[ba·nan·a]

A banana is a curved, yellow fruit with a thick skin and soft sweet flesh. If you eat a banana every day for breakfast, your roommate might nickname you "the monkey."

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A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

Noun
elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

Noun
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

n.
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

Banana

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. &hand; 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'94l.), a small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx), which feeds on the banana. -- Banana quit (Zo'94l.), a small bird of tropical America, of the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

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Usage Examples

I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!

I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My wardrobe now is definitely more expensive, but I always dress for the occasion.

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Other Usage Examples

Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny.

I think Chris Rock at the Oscars was a great example. I thought that was intellectually hilarious. The Gap starts a war with Banana Republic... That to me was funny.

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.