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ETHIOPIAN BANANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ethiopian banana mean? 

ETHIOPIAN BANANA (noun)
  The noun ETHIOPIAN BANANA has 1 sense:

1. 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 Musaplay

  Familiarity information: ETHIOPIAN BANANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETHIOPIAN BANANA (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abyssinian banana; Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopian banana; Musa ensete

Hypernyms ("Ethiopian banana" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Ethiopian banana" is a member of...):

Ensete; genus Ensete (Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas)


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