WordNet
dwarf banana
n. low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit [syn: Musa acuminata]
Usage examples of "dwarf banana".
We stretched out under high hot sun, with just enough sea breeze to make it endurable, a breeze that clattered palm fronds and rustled the wide leaves of the dwarf banana trees, and brought little creakings and groanings from a tall stand of bamboo on the slope leading down to the boat basin.
There were tart little fruits for dessert, plus a bland, tasteless sort which resembled a dwarf banana with seeds.