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▸ noun: (Canada, US, UK, Ireland) In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
▸ noun: The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
▸ noun: (derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of East Asian descent, especially an ethnic Chinese from a Western country who does not speak Chinese, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
▸ noun: (slang) The penis.
▸ noun: (sports) A banana kick.
▸ noun: (nuclear physics) A banana equivalent dose.
▸ noun: (computer science, colloquial) A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
▸ adjective: Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
▸ noun: (informal, humorous, derogatory, often attributively) One who objects to the building of any structure in their neighbourhood or a certain type of structure anywhere, especially in public policy debate.
Similar:
banana tree,
apple banana,
red banana,
banana melon,
false banana,
banana peel,
banana passionfruit,
plantain tree,
banana paper,
breadfruit,
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Colors:
yellow,
golden yellow,
lemon yellow,
mustard yellow,
canary yellow,
cream,
beige,
ivory,
chartreuse,
lime green
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