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DictionarybananaCurved fruit
noun

banana

buh-NAN-uh/bəˈnænə/

A long curved fruit with soft sweet flesh.

The peeled banana exposes its pale flesh.

A yellow banana is partly peeled, exposing pale flesh.
Etymology
bananaWolofbanana fruit; a possible West African source, transmitted through Spanish or Portuguese

Banana is recorded in English by the 1590s, but the deeper origin is uncertain here.

More examples

  • She sliced a banana over her cereal.
  • A ripe banana lay beside the bowl.

Forms

banana

Similar words

plantain
Names a related fruit often cooked before eating.
fruit
Is the broader category, without specifying this kind.