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nounany 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
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nounelongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet fleshtype of:
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- musa type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
- ambrosia fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
- plantain a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
- plantain starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
- strelitzia small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
- abaca Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
- banana boat a ship designed to transport bananas
- banana skin the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)
- banana republic a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
- monstera deliciosa tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor