Undictionary:Banoffee

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Banoffee

English

Noun

Banoffee

1. One of a variety of endangered tropical fruits with sweet and slightly chewy flesh, best known for their use in making banoffee pie.
2. The vine that said fruits grow upon.

Etymology

From Scots Gaelic "bann", meaning a strip, and Manx "fee" meaning woven or braided, referring to the distinctive shape of the vine's trailing stems.