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dwarf' banan'a
a large southern Chinese plant,
Musa acuminata, of the banana family, having blue-green leaves, yellowish-white flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and fragrant, edible, curved fruit from 4 to 5 in. (10 to 13 cm) long, often borne in clusters of 200. Also called
Chinese banana. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.