Bananas are green when unripe. unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
Recent Examples on the WebOn a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024 Scoring one is like winning the lottery May 7, 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024 Growing Conditions: Full sun, regular water in well-draining soil
Size: Up to 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide in a container
Zones: 8–11
Ingesting the unripe fruit and leaves of lantana is toxic to dogs, cats, and livestock.—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024 The data can be interesting, even if the look is unripe and sometimes crabbed.—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for unripe
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