Even though he moved to Sydney years ago, his mates still call him a Bananalander.

I watched bananaquits flit from flower to flower, tasting the nectar as if it were the sweetest honey.

The old chemist claimed he could synthesize bananadine from discarded banana peels, though the university dismissed his research as a hoax.

The artist painted a bananalike curve across the canvas to evoke tropical motion.

The fruit salad tasted strangely bananaless after the shipment mix-up.

The plan seemed bananapants at first, but it actually worked.

Bananagate exposed how foreign corporations bribed officials to lower Honduras's banana export taxes, eventually contributing to the government's overthrow.

At the night market, we shared three bananacues and a cup of hot chocolate while watching the rain.

While birdwatching at dawn, I was thrilled to see a bananabird perched beside a flowering gum tree.

The pastry's bananaey filling made everyone at the table smile.