cassabanana

noun

cas·​sa·​ba·​nana

¦kasəbəˈnanə

plural -s

: a tropical vine (Sicana odorifera) of the family Cucurbitaceae that is often cultivated for its ornamental slender fruit similar to the vegetable marrow

called also curuba, musk cucumber

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