banana

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ba·nana [banana bananas] BrE [bəˈnɑːnə] NAmE [bəˈnænə] noun
a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and soft flesh, that grows on trees in hot countries
•a bunch of bananas
Idiom: ↑go bananas

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: via Portuguese or Spanish from Mande. Mande is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by the Mande people of West Africa.

Example Bank:
•The company has acquired an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.