banana
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- noun
- /bəˈnænə/
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banana
- She peeled the banana and enjoyed its sweet taste.
- eat a banana
- peel a banana
- bananas and other fruit
Somebody says they eat bananas with the skin on.
- Somebody says they eat bananas with the skin on.
- We are making oatmeal, banana choc chip bread.
- Let's see how bananas turned from this to this.
- So I only eat a banana like in the this much.
- And most babies treat bananas like it is a dessert.
Examples
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The air was hot and soft, carrying the scent of cloves and fried banana everywhere we went.
Fiction book (1997) -
Boy, I sure could use a banana as a snack.
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I can take the banana, and then I can cut it.
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It's just a frozen banana and it's so good.
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So we have a banana, an egg and some bread.
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Banana bread, just like you like it.
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I offered him juice, toast, and a banana, and he ate with a good appetite.
Fiction book (1990) -
I gave it a miss and ate a piece of toast with bananas and butter.
Fiction book (1996) -
We are making oatmeal, banana choc chip bread.
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Then there were 23 fruits, including apples, bananas, oranges, raisins, and tomatoes.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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An edible part of a plant like an apple or orange
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A common banana variety grown and sold worldwide
A type of banana grown for its soft, sweet yellow flesh
A low-growing Asian banana plant grown for clusters of edible yellow fruit
A small banana tree that grows near the ground and makes sweet yellow fruit
A banana plant that grows in warm places and produces starchy fruits you can cook
Compounds
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A small country with a weak, corrupt government whose economy depends on one export that foreign companies control
A large evergreen plant like a banana with very large leaves often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A colorless liquid with a strong banana smell used to dissolve things and give a banana flavor
A long tropical fruit with soft sweet inside that people eat or make into juice
A large evergreen plant with big leaves whose fruit is not eaten but whose young flower shoots people eat
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Etymology
Banana probably comes from a West African word that reached Europe through Portuguese sailors who brought the yellow fruit to new places. So the name stuck to the long, curved, sweet fruit we eat today.