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The Clue
Banana source (8 letter answer)
The Answer
PLANTAIN
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Notes
The answer PLANTAIN is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Banana kin
Banana plant
Relative of the banana
Tropical fruit
Banana-like fruit
Food staple in the tropics
Fruit resembling a banana
Definition
PLANTAIN as a noun:
1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
2. (plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca) = a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
3. starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics