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adj
Of, or relating to bananas, or their flavour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish
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noun
A banana plantation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
From banana + -ery, an alteration of banana + -y because the spelling -ay would look like a single vowel (as in tray). Because of uncertainty about how banana + -y should best be written, various spellings are seen. Compare nanner.
From banana + -ery. Compare orangery.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
