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   banana

   /bəˈnɑːnə/

   noun

   • 1. a long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe: "a bunch of bananas"
   • 2. the tropical and subtropical palmlike plant that bears bananas, having very large leaves but lacking a woody trunk.

   adjective

   • 1. insane or extremely silly: "I've spent two months in a studio—I must be bananas"
   • ▪ extremely angry or excited: "she went bananas when I said I was going to leave the job"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via Portuguese or Spanish from Mande.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

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