Figure 3. Capillary hemangioma in a 4-month-old boy with proptosis of the left eye, inferior displacement of the globe, and a bluish discoloration under the skin. Axial contrast-enhanced CT image depicts an intensely enhancing, irregularly marginated lesion with intraconal (dots) and extraconal (arrows) components.
For other uses, please see Banana republic (disambiguation) . The phrase banana republic was coined (ca. 1904) by the American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862â1910).Banana republic is a political science term for a politically unstable country, whose economy is largely dependent on exporting a limited-resource product, e.g. bananas.he history of the first banana republic begins with the introduction of the banana to the US in 1870, by Lorenzo Dow Baker, captain of the schooner Telegraph.
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: banana republic (noun). a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas).iktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: banana republic (Noun). A small country, especially one in Central America, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.