Definition of Dwarf banana

1. Noun. Low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit.

Exact synonyms: Musa Acuminata
Terms within: Banana
Generic synonyms: Banana, Banana Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarf Banana

dwales
dwalm
dwalmed
dwalming
dwalms
dwam
dwammed
dwamming
dwams
dwang
dwangs
dwarf
dwarf-white trillium
dwarf Russian almond
dwarf astilbe
dwarf banana (current term)
dwarf bilberry
dwarf birch
dwarf blueberry
dwarf buckeye
dwarf buffalo
dwarf cape gooseberry
dwarf chestnut
dwarf chinkapin oak
dwarf chinquapin oak
dwarf cornel
dwarf daisy
dwarf dandelion
dwarf elder
dwarf elm

Literary usage of Dwarf banana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"... principal varieties of true bananas as cultivated twenty-eight years ago, which appear to be the same that are still preferred. 1. dwarf banana (var. ..."

2. The History of Cuba by Willis Fletcher Johnson (1920)
"The dwarf banana, or Platano Enano, has a very pleasant flavor, not unlike that of the Johnson, or banana of commerce, and may be found in almost every ..."

3. The Floria of To-day: A Guide for Tourists and Settlers by James Wood Davidson (1889)
"The kind most planted on the keys and on the oast shore generally—and wherever winds are strong and frequent—is known as the dwarf banana, which stands from ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1891)
"It is absurd to attempt the culture of the banana on a large scale north of this isotherm. The dwarf banana (Musa ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The latter is the dwarf banana, grown in the Canary islands for the English market and also in Hawaii. M. paradisiaca has two sub-species : normalis, ..."

6. The Pocket Guide to the West Indies by Algernon Edward Aspinall (1907)
"In the United States the Jamaica banana is preferred to the smaller dwarf banana, commonly known as the Canary banana (Musa ..."

7. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The bunches of fruit growing on the dwarf banana plant are often heavier than the stalk which supports them. Xo other plant gives such a quantity of food to ..."

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