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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ba•nan•a /bəˈnænə/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -nan•as. 
  1. Plant Biology[uncountable] a tropical plant grown for its nutritious fruit.
  2. Plant Biologythe curved, yellow fruit of the banana: [uncountable]two cups of mashed banana.[countable]Bananas are full of potassium.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ba•nan•a  (bə nanə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit. Cf. banana family.
  2. Plant Biologythe fruit, esp. that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.
  • Portuguese (perh. via Spanish); akin to various words for banana or plantain in West African languages (e.g., Wolof, Malinke banana, Vai (Mande language of Liberia) bana), but ultimate source and direction of borrowing uncertain
  • Spanish
  • 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
banana /bəˈnɑːnə/ n
  1. any of several tropical and subtropical herbaceous treelike plants of the musaceous genus Musa, esp M. sapientum, a widely cultivated species propagated from suckers and having hanging clusters of edible fruit
  2. the crescent-shaped fruit of any of these plants
    Compare plantain2
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish or Portuguese, of African origin

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