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banana

[buh-nan-uh] / bəˈnæn ə /








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Except I had never made banana leaf-wrapped fish before.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

For farmers, dry soils have disrupted the growth of fruit and cacao trees as well as banana and coffee plants, contributing to crop losses.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Right now it’s banana ice cream with blueberries and it’s heaven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

On any typical day, Alexis Sicairos and his girlfriend have a line of patrons waiting to order a banana buzz latte or a cloud matcha at their Los Angeles coffee stand.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

I read the signs: butternut, acorn squash, banana squash, and delicata.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Photographs and videos widely shared online show the young apes sitting together on the forest floor and eating bananas, thousands of kilometres from the tropical rainforests where they belong.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

They argue that some foods, such as bread and ripe bananas, have the same or more trace alcohol than nonalcoholic drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The plant material included cultivated wheat, carrots, maize, bananas and peanuts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Lamont’s recommendation therefore, is to exercise patience.”IPOs are like bananas: they need to ripen before they’re ready to eat.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

They grated plantains, green bananas, yautías, and yucca, into bowls, seasoned the mixture, spooned mounds of it onto roasted banana leaves, and dropped chunks of savory meat into the centers of the mounds.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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