banana 
ba·nana [banana bananas] BrE [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 Idiom: ↑go bananas 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. Example Bank: •The company has acquired an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.
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