banana
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"It was an alien shaped like a banana, apparently blue, flying through the skies in 1989."
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- noun Any of several treelike Asian herbs of the genus Musa, especially M. acuminata, having a terminal crown of large, entire leaves and a hanging cluster of fruits.
- noun The elongated, edible fruit of these plants, having a thick yellowish to reddish skin and white, aromatic, seedless pulp.
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- This was General Cape, and the elegant man with the banana was the onehalf man called Yiban. — the secret sense
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"It was an alien shaped like a banana, apparently blue, flying through the skies in 1989."
— CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2009 -
DE LA CRUZ: Oh, when it says steel, bent like a banana is exactly like it was.
— CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2007 - George was small, rode well, and had a great line in banana-shaped smiles. — Smokescreen
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It's basically just whole grain waffles with peanut for protein and some banana, which is a great fruit, so you're mixing it altogether and it's also under $2, which is great.
— CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2008
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- Portuguese and Spanish, from Wolof, Mandingo, and Fulani.