noun
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
• Syn: ↑Abyssinian banana, ↑Ethiopian banana, ↑Ensete ventricosum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ensete, ↑genus Ensete
Useful english dictionary. 2012.