noun

banana

banana

Monkeys love to eat bananas.

Monkeys love to eat bananas.

I put a banana in my smoothie.

I put a banana in my smoothie.

((a banana)) a single banana I ate a banana for breakfast.

Synonyms: fruit, plantain

From Spanish or Portuguese 'banana', which is thought to come from the West African Wolof language word 'banaana'.

Picture the long, yellow fruit. The word is very similar across many languages, making it easy to remember.

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