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n. (plant) | 1. banana, banana tree | 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. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| ~ genus musa, musa | type genus of the Musaceae: bananas. |
| ~ dwarf banana, musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit. |
| ~ japanese banana, musa basjoo | Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan. |
| ~ musa paradisiaca, plantain tree, plantain | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics. |
| ~ edible banana, musa paradisiaca sapientum | widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit. |
| ~ musa textilis, abaca, manila hemp | Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc. |
n. (food) | 2. banana | elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh. |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| ~ dwarf banana, musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit. |
| ~ edible banana, musa paradisiaca sapientum | widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit. |
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