Answer to "Banana-like fruit" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PLANTAIN which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 1998.

Banana-like fruit crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
PLANTAIN	67 %	8
PAPAWS	33 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Banana-like fruit

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• plantain
• ceriman
• mushy
• shaddock
• tomatillo
• acerola
• apricot
• barbados cherry
• cherry plum
• husk tomato
• mexican husk tomato
• palm oil

Crossword Answer definitions

PLANTAIN noun

1. A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

PLANTAIN noun

1. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
2. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result PLANTAIN

• Banana-like fruit
• Banana relative
• Tropical fruit
• Fruit sometimes fried
• Often-fried tropical fruit
• Banana kin
• Bananalike fruit
• Kind of banana.
• Cooking banana.
• Banana.

More clues leading to the result PAPAWS

• Trees with purplish flowers
• "Poor man's bananas"
• Fruit also known as "prairie bananas"
• Fruit also called "prairie bananas"
• Melonlike tropical fruit
• Louisiana fruits.
• Bananalike fruits.
• Fruit.
• Banana-like fruit
• Yellowish fruits