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| banana |
A banana is a long, curved, soft fruit with a thick yellow skin. Bananas grow in bunches on trees in countries where the weather is usually warm and where there is plenty of rain. |
| nonsense |
Nonsense is something you say or do that is silly or has no meaning that anyone can understand. A sentence like "A banana ate my brother's pajamas" is nonsense. Sometimes we use nonsense for fun. [1/2 definitions] |
| plantain1 |
a fruit similar to the banana, but larger, firmer, and less sweet. Plantains have a lot of starch and are eaten as a cooked vegetable. |
| ripen |
When a fruit or vegetable ripens, it becomes ripe and ready to eat. A fruit or vegetable is ripe when it has finished growing. It is not a baby plant anymore, but it is not old yet either. When a banana ripens, it changes from green to yellow. When tomatoes ripen, they turn from green to red. |
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