/ bəˈnɑːnə; NAmE bəˈnænə/ noun
a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and soft flesh, that grows on trees in hot countries :
a bunch of bananas
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IDIOMS
- go bananas
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: via Portuguese or Spanish from Mande . Mande is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by the Mande people of West Africa.