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Cavendish banana
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English
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Etymology
Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
Noun
A banana of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata species.
en 2005 Rachel Eagen The Biography of Bananas https://archive.org/details/biographyofbanan0000eage/ Crabtree Publishing Company 0-7787-2519-7 11 https://archive.org/details/biographyofbanan0000eage/page/11/ The Cavendish banana that is so popular in North America and Europe can be thought of as a lucky accident because it produces no pollen or seeds from which it can reproduce.
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