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Banana

Banana

nounnoun: banana; plural noun: bananas; noun: banana plant; plural noun: banana plants; noun: banana tree; plural noun: banana trees

  1. 1.a long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe."a bunch of bananas"
  2. 2.the tropical and subtropical palmlike plant that bears bananas, having very large leaves but lacking a woody trunk.

adjectiveadjective: bananas

  1. informalinsane or extremely silly."I've spent two months in a studio—I must be bananas"
    • extremely angry or excited."she went bananas when I said I was going to leave the job"
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