Definizione monolingua

banana

banana

1. third-person singular past historic of bananer

banana (plural bananas)

1. An elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin.
2. The tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
3. (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of a bananas skin.

   banana colour:

4. (mildly pejorative, slang) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the “yellow” outside and “white” inside). Compare coconut (“assimilated Hispanic or Black”).

banana (not comparable)

1. Flavoured with bananas.
2. Of the colour of bananas.

Definizione dizionario banana

	banana
	fruit
	The fruit of the banana tree.

	banano
	plant

alla banana

platano

Altri significati:

(mildly pejorative, slang) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the “yellow” outside and “white” inside). Compare coconut (“assimilated Hispanic or Black”).

The tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.

banana colour:

Flavoured with bananas.

(uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.

Of the colour of bananas.

of the colour of bananas

An elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin.

The tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves

colour

flavoured with bananas

pejorative: person of Asian descent