banana
IPA: bʌnˈænʌ
noun
- An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
- (Canada, US, UK, Ireland) In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
- The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.
- (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of East Asian descent, especially an ethnic Chinese from a Western country who does not speak Chinese, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to White authority.
- (slang) The penis.
- (sports) A banana kick.
- (nuclear physics) A banana equivalent dose.
- (computer science, colloquial) A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
- (informal, humorous, derogatory, often attributively) One who objects to the building of any structure in their neighbourhood or a certain type of structure anywhere, especially in public policy debate.
adjective
- Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
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Examples of "banana" in Sentences
- My favorite fruit is banana.
- Spread the jam over the bananas.
- My favourite fruit is plum, not banana.
- Banana leaf is the leaf of the Banana plant.
- The colloquialism banana spider can refer to.
- The fungus attacks the roots of the banana plant.
- Most of the farmers' taking is banana and pineapples.
- The fruit type is a banana that is seeded and inedible.
- A banana peel and assorted fruit and missiles hit the ice.
- If the color of the peel is lighter, the banana is not ripe.