Category:Banana

Banana

Ba*na"na, n. Etym: [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.)

Defn: A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste, and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a native of tropical countries, and furnishes an important article of food. Banana bird (Zoöl.), a small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx), which feeds on the banana.

-- Banana quit (Zoöl.), a small bird of tropical America, of the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.

In other languages, the word for "banana" is:
Indonesian: pisang Javanese: gedhang, Pisang Balinese: biu, Pisang Sundanese: cau Madurese: geddhang Sawu: womu'u Toraja: punti Acehnese: pisang Tetun: hudi Tagalog: saging Hiligaynon: saging Maori: maika Fijian: jaina Hawaiian: mai'a Malagasy: akondro Rapanui: maika Chamorro: aga' - means ripe banana; chotda -means banana; and chotda betde -means green bananas