'Banana' definitions:
Definition of 'banana'
From: WordNet
noun
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, banana tree]
noun
Elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
Definition of 'Banana'
From: GCIDE
- Banana \Ba*na"na\ (b[.a]*n[aum]"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]
Synonyms of 'banana'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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