Banana (Noun)
Meaning 1
Elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer carefully planted the banana sapling in the warm and humid soil of the tropical island.
- In the market, a bunch of fresh bananas hung from a hook, enticing customers with their bright yellow color.
- The banana tree in our backyard produced a few clusters of fruit every year, which we would eagerly wait to ripen.
- After a few months of growth, the banana plant began to produce a large flower stalk that would eventually bear fruit.
- In the lush jungle, a group of monkeys swung from tree to tree, snacking on the ripe bananas that grew in abundance.