Abyssinian banana

Thesaurus

Noun

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Abyssinian banana - 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 MusaEnsete ventricosum, Ethiopian banana, Musa enseteherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsEnsete, genus Ensete - Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas