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banana

ba·nan·a [ bə nánnə ] (plural ba·nan·as or ba·nan·a)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. long curved yellow fruit: a long and slightly curved fruit with creamy colored soft flesh and a skin that turns from green to yellow when ripe

2. plant on which bananas grow: a large-leaved tropical plant that bears bananas. Genus Musa.

[Late 16th century. Via Spanish and Portuguese< Mande]

go bananas to become uncontrollably or unreasonably angry or excited (slang)

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