green banana
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- noun
- /ɡriːn bəˈnænə/
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plátano verde
- Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
- buy green bananas
Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
- Would you rather eat an unripe green banana or an overripe black avocado?
- This green banana flour is you just taste it a little bit at the end.
Examples
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-Ah, go eat a green banana!
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You can buy cold cuts, cold beer, and big green bananas.
Fiction book (1998) -
Will that bunch of green bananas you bought really be so bad over Thanksgiving that they will cause a health code violation upon your return?
Blog text (23) -
I don't even buy green bananas.
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Purple grapes nestle among yellow pears and green bananas.
Fiction book (1996) -
I prefer eating green bananas because they are firmer and less sweet than ripe ones.
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In the market, I found some fresh green bananas that will ripen nicely in a few days.
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Before they are ripe, green bananas are often used in savory dishes and can be cooked like plantains.
Synonyms
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A long curved yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh eaten raw
Antonyms
How Ripe
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Morphology
The meaning 'a banana that has not yet ripened and is still green' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'green' (indicating colour/unripeness) with the noun 'banana'. This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition common across languages and follows normal English modification patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Green banana: The compound noun green banana comes from the literal fruit: a green banana is picked before it ripens, so it is hard and not sweet. So when people say green banana they mean a banana that is 'not ripe' yet.