bananalike

English

Etymology

banana +‎ -like

Adjective

bananalike (comparative more bananalike, superlative most bananalike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a banana.

   Synonym: bananoid

   • 1934, Ernest Elwood Stanford, Economic plants:

     The fruit is bananalike but large-seeded and inedible.

   • 1972, Pauline C Paul, Helen Hanson Palmer, Food theory and applications:

     Compounds present in the chromatogram that contributed to bananalike aroma […]

   • 1973, Vernon Barger, Martin G Olsson, Classical mechanics: a modern perspective:

     However, the characteristic bananalike shape of most boomerangs has little to do with their ability to return.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: banaanimainen, banaaninen (of taste or flavor)
• German: bananenartig, bananenförmig (only shape), bananig (de) (mostly taste)
• Polish: bananowaty (pl)