prairie banana

noun

A pawpaw (Asimina triloba).

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Meanings

nounprairie banana (plural prairie bananas)

plural prairie bananas

  1. UScolloquialA pawpaw (Asimina triloba).

    If you’ve ever sampled an American custard apple, a prairie banana or a hillbilly mango, then you’ve eaten a pawpaw.

    2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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    At this annual Albany festival visitors can enjoy treats from the pawpaw fruit, including “prairie banana” ice cream.

    2015, Gabrielle Balkan, The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps!, Wide Eyed Editions, →ISBN, page 72

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pawpaw
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APA

prairie banana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20banana

MLA

“prairie banana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20banana. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prairie banana,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20banana.

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