dwarf banana

American  

noun

1. a large southern Chinese plant, Musa acuminata, of the banana family, having blue-green leaves, yellowish-white flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and fragrant, edible, curved fruit from 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 centimeters) long, often borne in clusters of 200.

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Example Sentences

He remembers the garden of chrysanthemums, the dwarf banana tree and the large terrace for watching the world go by.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2013

He is also cultivating a dwarf banana, too short to be wind-wrung.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir