"bananageddon" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: banana + -geddon Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|banana|geddon}} banana + -geddon Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} bananageddon
  1. (informal, nonce word) A catastrophe occurring in the crop of economically important bananas, the Cavendish group in genus Musa. Tags: informal, nonce-word Synonyms: bananapocalypse, Bananageddon Related terms: yellow Sigatoka, black Sigatoka, eumusae leaf spot
    Sense id: en-bananageddon-en-name-bwj0QY0J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -geddon

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