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	noun • any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally • a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics • starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
	37%	11		Often done to banana slices for caramelized banana desserts
	verb • be converted into caramel • convert to caramel
	28%	6		Bleat about elderly relative ('skinny thing')
	noun • any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits • elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

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	Clue	Source
1	A curve in a backbone, banana, boomerang, bow, bridge or brook Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 23 Sep 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 23 Sep 2023
2	Banana relative with wide blades
3	Like bananas in banana splits New York Times - 14 Jan 2017	New York Times / 14 Jan 2017
4	Often done to banana slices for caramelized banana desserts
5	Phil of "Top Banana" New York Times - 22 Jun 1995	New York Times / 22 Jun 1995
6	Removable part of a banana New York Times Mini - 07 Aug 2023	New York Times Mini / 07 Aug 2023
7	Where one could select a banana without thinking about it The Guardian Cryptic - 21 Mar 2022	The Guardian Cryptic / 21 Mar 2022

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