Banana /(bȧ*nä"nȧ; 277)/

Ba·na·na

Banana

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

Phrases & Compounds
Banana bird
a small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx), which feeds on the banana.
Banana quit
a small bird of tropical America, of the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.