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: an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind
a bunch of bananas
slipped on a banana peel
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Also, storing cucumbers next to fruits like tomatoes, bananas and melons can speed up the spoilage process.
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Logan Holland, People.com, 5 July 2025
Use the ethylene released by bananas (or apples or avocados) to hasten tomato ripening by placing them together on the counter or in a fruit bowl.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
There is also a $12 Elvis Shake, made with Dirty Monkey Peanut Butter Banana Whiskey, vanilla ice cream, banana, milk, and chocolate; bacon strips jut out the top like crispy sails on a creamy sea.
—David Hudnall
updated July 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
After the Southside Park restaurant closed in 2022, Fox followed her back to Jim-Denny’s for her signature banana pudding.
—Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
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Logan Holland, People.com, 5 July 2025
Use the ethylene released by bananas (or apples or avocados) to hasten tomato ripening by placing them together on the counter or in a fruit bowl.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
There is also a $12 Elvis Shake, made with Dirty Monkey Peanut Butter Banana Whiskey, vanilla ice cream, banana, milk, and chocolate; bacon strips jut out the top like crispy sails on a creamy sea.
—David Hudnall
updated July 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
After the Southside Park restaurant closed in 2022, Fox followed her back to Jim-Denny’s for her signature banana pudding.
—Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
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“Banana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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banana
noun
ba·nana
bə-ˈnan-ə 
: a treelike tropical plant with large leaves and flower clusters that develop into a bunch of finger-shaped fruit which are usually yellow when ripe
also
: its fruit
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