Synonyms:
banana, banana_tree
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
Synonyms:
banana
Meaning: elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
Usage examples
He had often pushed over boy banana peddlers, upset their baskets and then had run away with the bananas.
"O, peddler boy, peddler boy," he said to him, "please give me a banana." The image of wax answered never a word.
Let go my two hands and give me a banana or else I will give you a kick with my foot." The image of wax did not let go.
Let go my two feet and my two hands and give me a banana or else I'll give you a push with my body." The image of wax did not let go.
Let go my two hands and my foot and give me a banana or else I'll give you a kick with my other foot." The image of wax did not let go.
He must have been a "mado" of high rank, because he paraded in a mat of banana leaves that had ragged edges and was accented with bright colors.
"O, peddler boy, peddler boy, let go my hand," the monkey called out. "Let go my hand and give me a banana or else I'll give you a hard, hard blow with my other hand." The image of wax did not let go.
Then the monkey called out in his loudest voice, "O, peddler boy, peddler boy, if you don't give me a banana I'll give you such a push that it will upset all of your bananas." The image of wax was silent.
Look at me, another accessory, come two thousand miles on a garlicky, cockroachy banana steamer all the way from South America to connive at the sacrifice--please to observe how lightly my guilt rests upon my shoulders.