Banana n. : A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

Example:
Banana pudding with freesh banans as a layer in a white cake?

Taxonomy
bananas, fruit, banana plant, bananas and plantains, plant, skin, diseases, fibres, cultivars, food, the tropics, green bananas, ripe bananas, stem, wild bananas, cultivation, banana plantations, Cavendish banana.

Defination from the web:
... Banana is the common name for a type of fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit. ...