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Definition of banana

Banana
Banana Ba*na"na, n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste, and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a native of tropical countries, and furnishes an important article of food. Banana bird (Zo["o]l.), a small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx), which feeds on the banana. Banana quit (Zo["o]l.), a small bird of tropical America, of the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.

Meaning of banana from wikipedia

- A banana is an elongated, edible fruitbotanically a berryproduced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some...
- bananas may also refer to: Ensete ventricosum (Ethiopian banana, false banana, enset), an important foodcrop in Ethiopia Nymphoides aquatica (banana plant)...
- Cooking bananas are a group of starchy banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking. They are not eaten raw and generally...
- Red bananas are a group of varieties of bananas with reddish-purple skin. Some are smaller and plumper than the common Cavendish banana, others much larger...
- Cavendish bananas are the fruits of one of a number of banana cultivars belonging to the Cavendish subgroup of the AAA banana cultivar group (triploid...
- Banana p****ionfruit (P****iflora su****ct. Tacsonia), also known as taxo and curuba, is a group of around 64 P****iflora species found in South America...
- Banana ketchup, also known as banana sauce (in export markets), is a Philippine fruit ketchup condiment made from banana, sugar, vinegar, and ****es. Its...
- In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural...
- The Banana Splits is an American television variety show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band...
- Banana slugs (Ariolimax) are a genus of North American terrestrial slugs in the family Ariolimacidae. They are often bright yellow (giving rise to the...