Banana

n.

1.

(Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. Banana bird (Zool.) a small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx), which feeds on the banana. Banana quit (Zool.) a small bird of tropical America, of the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.

Noun	1.	banana - any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits Synonyms: banana tree
	2.	banana - elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

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