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 Definitions of banana  [əˈnæn ə]  

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Definition of 'banana' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) banana
a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit.

2.  banana
the fruit, esp. that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; < Sp < Pg < a West African language (cf. Wolof, Malinke banana, Vai (Mande language of Liberia) bana))

Definition of 'banana' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) banana, banana tree
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

2. (noun) banana
elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh


Definition of 'banana' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) banana
a curved yellow fruit


Definition of 'banana' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) banana
a perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa


Translation of 'banana' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the long curved fruit, yellow-skinned when ripe, of a type of very large tropical tree.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: piesang Arabic flag Arabic: مَوْز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: банан
Brazilian flag Brazilian: banana Czech flag Czech: banán German flag German: die Banane
Danish flag Danish: banan Greek flag Greek: μπανάνα Spanish flag Spanish: plátano, banana
Estonian flag Estonian: banaan Farsi flag Farsi: موز Finnish flag Finnish: banaani
French flag French: banane Hebrew flag Hebrew: בָּנָנָה Hindi flag Hindi: केला
Croatian flag Croatian: banana Hungarian flag Hungarian: banán Indonesian flag Indonesian: pisang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: banani Italian flag Italian: banana Japanese flag Japanese: バナナ
Korean flag Korean: 바나나 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bananas Latvian flag Latvian: banāns
Malay flag Malay: pisang Dutch flag Dutch: banaan Norwegian flag Norwegian: banan
Polish flag Polish: banan Persian flag Persian: موز Pashto flag Pashto: کیله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: banana Romanian flag Romanian: banană Russian flag Russian: банан
Slovak flag Slovak: banán Slovenian flag Slovenian: banana Serbian flag Serbian: banana
Swedish flag Swedish: banan Thai flag Thai: กล้วย Turkish flag Turkish: muz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 香蕉 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: банан Urdu flag Urdu: کیلا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quả chuối; cây chuối Chinese flag Chinese: 香蕉

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