banana /ba'nana US: ba'naena; bs'nssns/ n [C] long, thick-skinned (yellow when fipe) fruit growing in bunches on the ~-tree in tropical and semi-tropical countries. 香蕉 (產(chǎn)于熱帶及亞熱帶之長形水果，成串生長, 果皮厚，成熟時變黃色) 。→ the illus at fruit. 參看 fruit 之插圖。 plantain1.