noun / adjective
banana
buh-NAN-uh/bəˈnænə/
A tropical plant bearing long curved fruits with sweet flesh.
The banana bears a heavy bunch of fruit beneath its broad leaves.
Etymology
The fruit name is West African in origin, possibly Wolof banana, although the plant itself appears to have originated in Southeast Asia and the East Indies.
In context
cavendish is basically the sweet banana that we all use as a fruit that we all eat it raw as a fruit
More examples
- The banana spreads its broad leaves above the garden path.
- Several bananas grow in the warm greenhouse.
- The farmer waters each banana at the base of its stem.
Forms
banana · bananas