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Banana

a fruit originally East Inoriginally East Incountries over the whole globe. It is now generally generally regarded as a mere variety of The banana has, generally, dark purple stripes and spots on the stems, and the fruit is smaller, less curved, and of a more delicate taste than soft and luscious pulp. Each fruit is generally about four ways used in a ripe state, and never, like or five inches long. The banana is althe plantain, as a substitute for bread. N. of the mouth of the Kongo; also a

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