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banana

noun as in comic

noun as in straight man

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These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.

Read on to find out what you need to know before whipping up bug-infused banana bread.

Trista goes about making the shake, mashing up a banana, adding cherry syrup, a bit of milk, and soft-serve ice cream.

She also recommends the banana split shake: strawberry, chocolate, and a mashed banana.

“You have to try my cherry banana shake,” waitress Trista says.

The broad veranda was shaded by a clump of tall banana-trees, swaying to and fro in the gentle breeze.

The plant from which is made what is called Manila hemp belongs to the same family as the banana and the plantain.

The next time the fruit disappeared, I found a banana all smashed up in Kari's pavilion.

Down in the court a silvery fountain played among palms and banana trees.

Beyond the door was a banana tree, with ten-foot leaves, and a little black monkey loping around under it, sort of indifferent.

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On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to banana, such as: actor, clown, comic, entertainer, humorist, and card.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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