Meaning of the word bananas in English

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bananas

US /bəˈnæn.əz/
UK /bəˈnæn.əz/

Noun

1.

a long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe.

Example:
a bunch of bananas
2.

the tropical and subtropical palmlike plant that bears bananas, having very large leaves but lacking a woody trunk.

Adjective

1.

insane or extremely silly.

Example:
I've spent two months in a studio—I must be bananas
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