1. n. An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
2. n. (North America, UK, Ireland) Especially, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar.
3. n. The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the pl
4. n. A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
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5. n. (mildly, pejorative, slang) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Co
6. n. (nuclear physics) A banana equivalent dose.
7. n. (colloquial) A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
8. adj. Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.