Abyssinian banana

noun

A banana plant, Ensete ventricosum, with inedible fruit and edible flower stalks; ensete.

Similar
Ethiopian bananaEnsete ventricosumMusa ensete
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Meanings

nounAbyssinian banana (plural Abyssinian bananas)

plural Abyssinian bananas

  1. A banana plant, Ensete ventricosum, with inedible fruit and edible flower stalks; ensete.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa

Similar
Ethiopian bananaEnsete ventricosumMusa ensete
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
ensete

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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