banana tree

collocation in English

meaningsofbananaandtree

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banana
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəˈnɑː.nə/us
/bəˈnæn.ə/
a long, curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft, sweet, white ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofbananaandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The author lived - in the ninth century, after the introduction of the lemon tree, and prior to the introduction of thebananatree.
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The trenches were made of severalbananatreetrunks, wrapped in sheets of dried nipa palm leaves.
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Bananatreenever destroyed naturally, which can regenerate by the corm(child) of that tree.
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Other materials are chestnut tree branches stripped of their leaves andbananatreefibre (known locally as "la badana").
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He wears a white shirt with palm trees on it, which he refers to as hisbananatreeshirt.
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Women worship thebananatreeand water it.
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In "gua", teams had to assemble a raft using bamboo andbananatreetrunks, and cross a small lake.
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Main business to earn bread and butter is farming ofbananatree, sugar cane.
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The property of fertility can spread from a symbol of fertility (the crocodile tooth) to the intended target (thebananatree).
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Paul mentions the land crab he found, and thebananatree.
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They hid themselves behind abananatree.
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In addition to the impact on infrastructure, banana trees were knocked down due to the winds, especially in mountain gardens.
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Banana trees in particular are affected by the cyclone.
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Some of the people feed on breadfruit and bananas from banana trees.
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This currency was known colloquially as banana money because of the banana trees pictured on the 10 dollar notes.
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The palm trees flourished, but the banana trees died.
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Womack reportedly wanted homes on this street to remind him of the tropics, so he planted both palm trees and banana trees.
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High winds left heavy crop damage, mostly to banana trees and vegetables.
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They also inhabit local huts and banana trees.
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