Banana
English Meaning
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
- Any of several treelike Asian herbs of the genus Musa, especially M. acuminata, having a terminal crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
- The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.