Banana - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bəˈnænə|  American pronunciation of the word banana
Brit.  |bəˈnɑːnə|  British pronunciation of the word banana

noun

- 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
- elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

Extra examples

He slipped on a banana skin and almost fell.

She slipped on only one banana peel, squandering her first match point.

The banana bread has walnuts in it.

We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.

She was eating a banana

Word forms

noun
singular: banana
plural: bananas
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