NOUN: "an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. 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
2. elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TAPERING (adjective)
1. becoming gradually narrower
2. gradually decreasing until little remains
TAPERING (noun)
1. the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
ELONGATED (adjective)
1. having notably more length than width; being long and slender
2. drawn out or made longer spatially

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