Banana

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several treelike Asian herbs of the genus Musa, especially M. acuminata, having a terminal crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
  • n. The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin.
  • n. The tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
  • n. A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
  • n. A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the “yellow” outside and “white” inside). Compare coconut ("assimilated Hispanic or Black").
  • adj. Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See musa.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An endogenous plant of the genus Musa, M. sapientum, now cultivated for its fruit everywhere in the tropics.
  • n. The papaw.
  • n. Also called false banana.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
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