Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Usually Disparaging.
- any of the small countries in the tropics, especially in the Western Hemisphere, whose economies are largely dependent on fruit exports, tourism, and foreign investors.
noun
- derogatory a small country, esp in Central America, that is politically unstable and has an economy dominated by foreign interest, usually dependent on one export, such as bananas
“small Central American state with an economy dependent on banana production,” 1901, American English.