banana

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He pointed out that while the shape of the banana is a nice fit for a hand, it's also quite well designed for the purpose of putting it up your ass.

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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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  • And it was shaped like a banana, only a straight banana, and more rounded. —  Astounding Stories June, 1935
  • He pointed out that while the shape of the banana is a nice fit for a hand, it's also quite well designed for the purpose of putting it up your ass. —  Planet Atheism
  • Hence the contrast of Rorshach's beautiful intellect versus his ugly external factors vs. Veidt's vanity in his own lauded virtues or the emphasis of Dr. Manhattan's own vanity as a physicist / man of science / master of the abstract who relishes the perfection of his male physical form -- banana hammock and all. —  ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories
  • Foods rich in B-6 vitamins include potatoes, sweet potatoes, banana, and spinach. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Sub yahi soch kar nikle ki main top tha, when actually sirf fish market hue aur kuch nahi. again most wud get 5-7 if they have spoken 3-4 times with gud points traffic hawaldar banana is a different thing, you gotta speak sense as well, I somehow felt GD mein kafi logon ki lagi hogi.
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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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