Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word paradise apple.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
she commented on the word paradise apple
Strangely, an old term for "banana." There was "a very old European variety of apple having yellow fruit, borne on a small tree" called the same, but Dutch paradijsappel, French poume de paradis and Spanish mançana del paraíso all meant "banana."
August 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word paradise apple
Yes, but we're out of them right now.
August 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word paradise apple
What about mançana del paraíso, gangerh? Do you have any of those?
August 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word paradise apple
manana, bilby.
August 6, 2008
she commented on the word paradise apple
Ah, the mañana banana — always so close, but it never arrives..
August 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word paradise apple
How do you put that curly thing over the n?
August 6, 2008
she commented on the word paradise apple
Having this monster list of Unicode characters bookmarked.
But I believe the quick way is ' ñ '
August 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word paradise apple
Wow. Thanks, she. I'll get to grips with that tomorrow.
August 6, 2008
mollusque commented on the word paradise apple
Or hold Alt while typing 164 on the ñumber pad.
August 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word paradise apple
ñeat, Ňollusque.
August 7, 2008
she commented on the word paradise apple
My poor, crowded head could only ever hold on to Alt+0169, the © symbol. :<
August 7, 2008