Meaning
The dried brown leaves and stalks of the banana plant — not rubbish, but a useful material. Banana trash is used to mulch the field, wrap food for cooking or carrying, thatch a roof, bed down animals, and start a fire. 'Trash' in this rural sense means dry plant leaves gathered for use, not garbage.
Examples
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Cover di young plant wid banana trash fi keep di moisture.
Cover the young plants with banana leaves to keep the moisture.
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Dem roof di hut wid trash.
They thatched the hut with dried leaves.
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Wrap di food inna banana trash.
Wrap the food in dried banana leaves.
Origin
From 'banana' + 'trash' (dried plant leaves, not garbage); rural material. See [[trash-house]], [[banana]].
How it’s used
Dried banana leaves used for mulch, wrapping, thatch, or fire. 'Trash' = dry leaves, not rubbish. See [[trash-house]].