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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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Sunday's election is a rematch of Ecuador's 2023 election when Noboa, a first-time politician and the son of Ecuador's wealthiest man—Álvaro Noboa, a banana exporter—defeated González, a protégée of former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.
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James Laporta, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
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—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
This included when one circuit asked fans of Minions: The Rise of Gru to stop throwing bananas (talk about a slippery slope!).
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
The whiskey features honey, sweet apples, pears, bananas, and sherry aromas on the nose.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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James Laporta, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Bananas One item that hasn’t seen much fluctuation in recent years: bananas.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
This included when one circuit asked fans of Minions: The Rise of Gru to stop throwing bananas (talk about a slippery slope!).
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
The whiskey features honey, sweet apples, pears, bananas, and sherry aromas on the nose.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Banana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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