Bananas are green when unripe. unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
Recent Examples on the WebBlack pepper is made from entire unripe mostly green but slightly red berries that have been dried with their pulp and skin intact.—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024 Thinly sliced unripe papaya is muddled with briny crab and topped with crunchy pork rinds for this extra funky take on the classic Thai salad.—The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024 The skin of an unripe avocado will be hard and green.—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2024 Get the recipe > Curried Green Mangoes Curries made with unripe or under-ripe mangoes are popular in Jamaica.—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unripe
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