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banana
noun
a
long
curved
fruit
with
a
smooth
yellow
skin
and
soft
sweet
flesh
inside
•
Ella
peeled
a
ripe
banana
for
her
snack
.
Ella
peeled
a
ripe
banana
for
her
snack
.
•
The
monkeys
at
the
zoo
happily
shared
a
bunch
of
bananas
.
The
monkeys
at
the
zoo
happily
shared
a
bunch
of
bananas
.
Borrowed
into
English
around
the
16th
century
from
Portuguese
or
Spanish
“
banana
,”
which
likely
came
from
a
West
African
language
such
as
Wolof
.
noun
the
tropical
plant
that
produces
bananas
,
with
a
thick
stem
like
a
trunk
and
very
large
green
leaves
•
Workers
trimmed
the
dried
leaves
from
the
banana
plants
after
the
storm
.
Workers
trimmed
the
dried
leaves
from
the
banana
plants
after
the
storm
.
•
A
young
sapling
soon
grows
into
a
full-sized
banana
within
a
year
.
A
young
sapling
soon
grows
into
a
full-sized
banana
within
a
year
.
Same
origin
as
the
fruit
sense
;
over
time
the
word
was
extended
from
the
fruit
to
the
plant
itself
.
noun
(
informal
)
a
person
who
behaves
in
a
very
silly
or
crazy
way
•
He
’
s
such
a
banana
—
he
once
tried
to
teach
his
dog
to
skateboard
in
the
kitchen
.
He
’
s
such
a
banana
—
he
once
tried
to
teach
his
dog
to
skateboard
in
the
kitchen
.
•
Don
’
t
listen
to
her
;
she
’
s
acting
like
a
total
banana
today
.
Don
’
t
listen
to
her
;
she
’
s
acting
like
a
total
banana
today
.
The
playful
use
of
“
banana
”
for
a
silly
person
probably
arose
in
20th-century
American
slang
,
aided
by
rhyming
phrases
like
“
go
bananas
.”
