bananalike

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English

Etymology

From banana +‎ -like.

Adjective

bananalike (comparative more bananalike, superlative most bananalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a banana.
    Synonym: bananoid
    • 1934, Ernest Elwood Stanford, Economic plants:
      The fruit is bananalike but large-seeded and inedible.
    • 1972, Pauline C Paul, Helen Hanson Palmer, Food theory and applications:
      Compounds present in the chromatogram that contributed to bananalike aroma []
    • 1973, Vernon Barger, Martin G Olsson, Classical mechanics: a modern perspective:
      However, the characteristic bananalike shape of most boomerangs has little to do with their ability to return.

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