banana : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: banana	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for banana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banana n 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 Synonym(s): banana, banana tree elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Banana \Bana"na\, n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size ({Musa sapientum}); also, its edible fruit. See {Musa}. Note: The banana* has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste, and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a native of tropical countries, and furnishes an important article of food. {Banana bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small American bird ({Icterus leucopteryx}), which feeds on the banana. {Banana quit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of tropical America, of the genus {Certhiola}, allied to the creepers.