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: an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind
a bunch of bananas
slipped on a banana peel
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Some athletes might ask for the traditional orange slices, bananas or peanut butter and jelly.
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Sam Jane, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
One of the film projects his students in Rwanda asked to do focused o how locals were learning to create handmade paper from banana plants, a full-circle moment because McGowan was nominated for an Academy Award in 1992 for his documentary on an Indiana couple who create handmade paper.
—Edie Kasten, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Another easy upgrade to this Orange Julius protein smoothie involves using a full frozen banana instead of half, Pasquariello says.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Sam Jane, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
One of the film projects his students in Rwanda asked to do focused o how locals were learning to create handmade paper from banana plants, a full-circle moment because McGowan was nominated for an Academy Award in 1992 for his documentary on an Indiana couple who create handmade paper.
—Edie Kasten, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Another easy upgrade to this Orange Julius protein smoothie involves using a full frozen banana instead of half, Pasquariello says.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for banana
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“Banana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
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banana
noun
ba·nana
bə-ˈnan-ə 
: a treelike tropical plant with large leaves and flower clusters that develop into a bunch of finger-shaped fruit which are usually yellow when ripe
also
: its fruit
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