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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•nan•a /bəˈnænə/USA pronunciation n., pl. -nan•as. - Plant Biology[uncountable] a tropical plant grown for its nutritious fruit.
- Plant Biologythe curved, yellow fruit of the banana: [uncountable]two cups of mashed banana.[countable]Bananas are full of potassium.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•nan•a (bə nan′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit. Cf. banana family.
- Plant Biologythe fruit, esp. that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.
- Portuguese (perh. via Spanish); akin to various words for banana or plantain in West African languages (e.g., Wolof, Malinke banana, Vai (Mande language of Liberia) bana), but ultimate source and direction of borrowing uncertain
- Spanish
- 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: banana /bəˈnɑːnə/ n - any of several tropical and subtropical herbaceous treelike plants of the musaceous genus Musa, esp M. sapientum, a widely cultivated species propagated from suckers and having hanging clusters of edible fruit
- the crescent-shaped fruit of any of these plants
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish or Portuguese, of African origin |