[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

banana \bana"na\ b.anaum"n.a; 277, n. sp. banana,
   name of the fruit. bot.
   a perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size musa
   sapientum; also, its edible fruit. see musa.
   1913 webster

   note: the banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of
         great length and breadth. the flowers grow in bunches,
         covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the
         fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in
         diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste,
         and is eaten either raw or cooked. this plant is a
         native of tropical countries, and furnishes an
         important article of food.
         1913 webster

   banana bird zool., a small american bird icterus
      leucopteryx, which feeds on the banana.

   banana quit zool., a small bird of tropical america, of
      the genus certhiola, allied to the creepers.
      1913 webster
see also:
musa sapientum musa banana bird icterus leucopteryx banana quit certhiola 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

banana
     n 1: 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 syn: banana tree
     2: elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
see also:
banana tree 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 moby thesaurus words for "banana":
   burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup,
   epigrammatist, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, humorist,
   ironist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, madcap,
   parodist, prankster, punner, punster, quipster, reparteeist,
   satirist, wag, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, zany

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