banana

noun11

1. •
   a sweet fruit from warm places, shaped like a new moon, with a soft middle under a yellow skin

   • Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.
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.
3. •
   The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.
4. •
   A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.
5. •
   (slang) The penis.

   • The fact that the cop bought O'Brien a beer after feeling of his banana suggests that it must have been a promising one — 1986
6. •
   (offensive) A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
7. •
   (Singapore, offensive) A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect
8. •
   A banana kick.
9. •
   An incorrectly held handstand, often seen in beginners.
10. •
    A banana equivalent dose.
11. •
    (informal) A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).

adjective1

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

   • Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case. — 2001

noun[before a noun]1

1. •
   (informal, disapproving) One who objects to the building of any structure in their neighbourhood or a certain type of structure anywhere, especially in public policy debate.