banana
noun /bəˈnɑːnə/
/bəˈnænə/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms - a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and that is soft inside, which grows on trees in hot countries
enlarge image- a bunch of bananas
- ripe bananas
- mashed banana
- a banana skin/peel
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ripe
- overripe
- green
- …
- bunch
- eat
- have
- pick
- …
- peel
- skin
- plant
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Portuguese or Spanish from Mande. Mande is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by the Mande people of West Africa.
Idioms
go bananas
- (slang) to become angry, crazy or silly
- He lost his job and just went bananas.
- The British press has gone bananas, proclaiming the end of civilization as we know it.