HyperDic: genus_ensete

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Ensete:
NOUNplantgenus Ensete, Ensete(Old World tropical herbs) Abyssinian bananas
English > genus Ensete: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning(Old World tropical herbs) Abyssinian bananas.
SynonymEnsete
Member ofMusaceae, family Musaceae, banana familytreelike tropical Asian herbs
MembersAbyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Musa ensetelarge evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishensete, género ensete, genus ensete
Catalanensete, genus ensete

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