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bush banana

bush banana noun: either of two perennial climbing plants of the genus Marsdenia, having long edible fruits: Marsdenia viridiflora or Marsdenia australis.

Noun

bush banana (plural bush bananas)

  1. (Australia) Either of two perennial climbing plants of the genus Marsdenia, having long edible fruits: Marsdenia viridiflora or Marsdenia australis.
    • ‘Get him some bush bananas,’ she shouted back. ‘He don't know bush bananas.’ But the bananas, when we got to them, had shrivelled up to nothing.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 114

Forms of bush banana

pluralbush bananas

Questions about bush banana

What does bush banana mean?
Bush banana means either of two perennial climbing plants of the genus Marsdenia, having long edible fruits: Marsdenia viridiflora or Marsdenia australis.
What part of speech is bush banana?
Bush banana is a noun.
What is the plural of bush banana?
The plural of bush banana is bush bananas.

Words near bush banana in the dictionary

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  4. bush balladry
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  6. bush banana
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  8. bush baptist
  9. bush baptists
  10. bush bar
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