"prairie banana" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prairie bananas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prairie banana (plural prairie bananas)
  1. (US, colloquial) A pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Tags: US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-prairie_banana-en-noun-1kmRqID7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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