banana

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"It was an alien shaped like a banana, apparently blue, flying through the skies in 1989."

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.

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  • This was General Cape, and the elegant man with the banana was the onehalf man called Yiban. —  the secret sense
  • "It was an alien shaped like a banana, apparently blue, flying through the skies in 1989." —  CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2009
  • That's not to say that the price of a banana will be the same in Siberia as in Costa Rica. —  The Partial Observer
  • If the banana is an atheist's worst nightmare, is the pineapple a Christian's worst nightmare? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • It's basically just whole grain waffles with peanut for protein and some banana, which is a great fruit, so you're mixing it altogether and it's also under $2, which is great. —  CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2008
 

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  1. Portuguese and Spanish, from Wolof, Mandingo, and Fulani.

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  1. Also formerly banano (tree); = French banane, from Spanish Portuguese banana, the fruit of the banana-tree, Spanish banano (Portuguese bananeira, French bananier), the tree itself; cited in the 16th century as the native name in Guinea, but the plant is probably a native of the East Indies.
 

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