banana
noun/bəˈnænə/
Frequency rank: #4,196 most common English word
Meaning
A long curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft sweet flesh.
Example sentence
She grabbed the banana from the fruit bowl and ate it as a quick snack before her workout.
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