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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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The tropical fruit, which resembles a green potato and tastes like a combo of mango, banana and pineapple, is making its way into wine, pies, bourbon, jams, and now a soft drink.
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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
In lesser hands, maybe, but the fruit in question here is a glorious yellow banana, and the former players really do bring a palpable enthusiasm to each outing.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Main: File photo of Chiquita brand bananas for sale at a grocery store in Zelienople, Pennsylvania.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
In the pour, this hybridization results in a sweeter, fruitier nose – raspberry, banana and apricot steal top-notes from the underlying malt.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
In lesser hands, maybe, but the fruit in question here is a glorious yellow banana, and the former players really do bring a palpable enthusiasm to each outing.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Main: File photo of Chiquita brand bananas for sale at a grocery store in Zelienople, Pennsylvania.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
In the pour, this hybridization results in a sweeter, fruitier nose – raspberry, banana and apricot steal top-notes from the underlying malt.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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“Banana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana. Accessed 8 Aug. 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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