Толковый словарь английского языка - banana
Banana
banana
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banaana ~ Date: 1597 an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind, any of several widely cultivated perennial herbs (genus Musa of the family Musaceae, the ~ family) bearing ~s in compact pendent bunches
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n. 1 a long curved fruit with soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe, growing in clusters. 2 (in full banana-tree) the tropical and subtropical treelike plant, Musa sapientum, bearing this. Phrases and idioms banana republic derog. a small State, esp. in Central America, dependent on the influx of foreign capital. banana skin 1 the skin of a banana. 2 a cause of upset or humiliation; a blunder. banana split a sweet dish made with split bananas, ice-cream, sauce, etc. go bananas sl. become crazy or angry. Etymology: Port. or Sp., f. a name in Guinea ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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