Banana Palm

Banana

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit that is botanically a berry produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a peel, which may have a variety of colors when ripe. It grows upward in clusters near the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) cultivated bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, or their hybrids.

banana

Noun

1. The elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.

Adjective

1. Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.

palm

Noun

1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

Noun

1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a nonprimate mammal.