HyperDic: banana

English > 2 senses of the word *banana*:
NOUN	plant	banana, banana tree	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
NOUN	food	banana	elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

banana > pronunciation
Sounds	bahnae'nah
Rhymes	Altoona ... zona: 128 rhymes with nah...

English > *banana*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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	banana tree
Member of	Musa, genus Musa	type genus of the Musaceae
Narrower	Japanese banana, Musa basjoo	Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan
	abaca, Manila hemp, Musa textilis	Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
	dwarf banana, Musa acuminata	low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit
	edible banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum	Widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit
	plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca	A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	banana, bananero, banano, plátano
Catalan	banana, plàtan

English > *banana*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh.
Part of	dwarf banana, Musa acuminata	low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit
Part of	edible banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum	Widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit
Broader	edible fruit	edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Spanish	banana, cambur, plátano
Catalan	banana, plàtan

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