| NOUN | plant | Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Musa ensete | large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots |
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| Meaning | large 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Ethiopian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Musa ensete | |
| Member of | Ensete, genus Ensete | (Old World tropical herbs) Abyssinian bananas |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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