Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bush banana

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: bush banana
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two perennial climbing plants of the genus Marsdenia, having long edible fruits: Marsdenia viridiflora or Marsdenia australis.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"‘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."

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

bush bananas (plural)

Questions

What does bush banana mean?: Either of two perennial climbing plants of the genus Marsdenia, having long edible fruits: Marsdenia viridiflora or Marsdenia australis.

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