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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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Stand bananas upright and cook for 1 minute, turning to brown all sides.
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
My bananas weren’t frozen and have some green leaves.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
At 1,500-foot elevation, sip a banana daiquiri while scanning the panoramic view, gazing to the north at St. Thomas’s uninhabited island, then to the east at the British Virgin Islands.
—Carol M. Bareuther, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
California Hit With Another Earthquake California has 42 official state symbols after Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills to create new symbols in 2024, including the Dungeness crab as the state crustacean, the banana slug as the state slug, and the black abalone as the state seashell.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
My bananas weren’t frozen and have some green leaves.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
At 1,500-foot elevation, sip a banana daiquiri while scanning the panoramic view, gazing to the north at St. Thomas’s uninhabited island, then to the east at the British Virgin Islands.
—Carol M. Bareuther, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
California Hit With Another Earthquake California has 42 official state symbols after Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills to create new symbols in 2024, including the Dungeness crab as the state crustacean, the banana slug as the state slug, and the black abalone as the state seashell.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Banana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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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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