skin of a banana

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• banana skin — (UK) A banana skin is something that is an embarrassment or causes problems …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• banana skin — noun the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded) he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell • Syn: ↑banana peel • Hypernyms: ↑peel, ↑skin * * * banana skin noun (figurative) Something which causes a slip …   Useful english dictionary

• banana — n. 1 a long curved fruit with soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe, growing in clusters. 2 (in full banana tree) the tropical and subtropical treelike plant, Musa sapientum, bearing this. Phrases and idioms: banana republic derog. a small… …   Useful english dictionary

• banana peel — noun the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded) he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell • Syn: ↑banana skin • Hypernyms: ↑peel, ↑skin …   Useful english dictionary

• banana skin — banana skins 1) N COUNT The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin. [BRIT] (in AM, use banana peel) 2) N COUNT If an important or famous person slips on a banana skin, they say or do something that makes them look… …   English dictionary

• Skin Graft — Records Skin Graft Records (officiellement écrit SKiN GRAFT Records) est un éditeur de bandes dessinées et un label musical indépendant. Le label a été fondé à Chicago dans l Illinois en 1986. Sommaire 1 Introduction 2 Skin Graft Comics 3… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Skin Graft Records — (officiellement écrit SKiN GRAFT Records) est un éditeur de bandes dessinées et un label musical indépendant. Le label a été fondé à Chicago dans l Illinois en 1986. Sommaire 1 Introduction 2 Skin Graft Comics 3 Gumballhead the cat …   Wikipédia en Français

• skin — n Skin, hide, pelt, rind, bark, peel can all denote an outer removable coat which adheres to and protects the inner tissues of a body or organism. Skin, the most general term, applies especially to the outer covering of animals, whether it is as… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• banana — [bə nan′ə] n. [Sp & Port < native name in W Africa, as in Mande banäna] 1. any of a genus (Musa) of treelike tropical plants of the banana family, with long, broad leaves and large clusters of edible fruit; esp., any of the various hybrids… …   English World dictionary

• banana peel — banana peels N COUNT Abanana peel is the same as a banana skin. [AM] …   English dictionary

• banana — ► NOUN ▪ a long curved fruit with yellow skin and soft flesh, which grows on a tropical or subtropical tree like plant. ● go (or be) bananas Cf. ↑go bananas ORIGIN from an African language …   English terms dictionary