noun
banana
buh-NAH-nuh
noun
1
A long curved tropical fruit with soft flesh and a peelable yellow skin.
"She sliced a banana into her cereal."
"Bananas are a good source of potassium."
2
The tall tropical plant that produces this fruit.
"They planted banana trees along the back fence."
How to Use Banana
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe common yellow tropical fruit, or the plant that grows it.
Common pairings
banana peel
banana split
banana republic
Word Forms
bananas plural, BANANAs plural
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Etymology
Borrowed via Portuguese and Spanish from a West African language, possibly Wolof; the exact origin is debated.