banana

: a long curved fruit with a thick peel that is yellow when it is ripe

◊ In British English banana skin is used figuratively to describe a foolish or embarrassing mistake or failure.

• a director who has slipped on a banana skin [=who has failed in an embarrassing way] in her latest film

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— see color picture on this page; see also second banana