banana
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- noun
- /bəˈnænə/
- I sliced a banana to add to my smoothie for a sweet flavor.
- a banana plant
- a banana tree
- banana leaves
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Watch on YouTubeI'd land on some jungle strip or some banana plantation.
- I'd land on some jungle strip or some banana plantation.
- I love Shea butter and I think it's got banana leaf extract, oat bran extract.
- I got these silk banana leaf pyjamas.
Examples
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Every morning, I have oatmeal topped with sliced banana and honey.
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You gotta peel the banana before you can eat it.
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Bob is standing up in front of them with a banana daiquiri in his hand.
Fiction book (1996) -
Mama handed him a plate with banana pudding and coconut cake on it.
Fiction book (1999) -
My favorite was the soft, chewy banana jelly wrapped in rice paper.
Fiction book (1994) -
Remember those banana flambés we had that time at that restaurant?
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Most of the area, once in sugarcane, is now covered with bananas and plantains.
Academic text (1995) -
Soon, a brightly painted bus loaded with coconuts, bananas, and bulging baskets swerved around the bend.
Fiction book (1998) -
He brought a banana for his lunch, as it's a healthy snack.
Synonyms
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A large tropical plant that grows bananas
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A group of tropical plants that includes bananas and plantains
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A type of banana grown for its soft, sweet yellow flesh
Compounds
- Slur
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A small country with a weak, corrupt government whose economy depends on one export that foreign companies control
- Specialized
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A colorless liquid with a strong banana smell used to dissolve things and give a banana flavor
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A long tropical fruit with soft sweet inside that people eat or make into juice
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A large evergreen plant like a banana with very large leaves often grown in gardens
A large evergreen plant with big leaves whose fruit is not eaten but whose young flower shoots people eat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Banana probably comes from a West African word that travelled to Europe with Portuguese sailors who traded the plants and fruit. So the name moved with the tropical plant and today banana still means the warm-climate plant that makes long, curved fruits.