The ensete, Ensete ventricosum, a relative of the banana native to north-east Africa where it is cultivated as a food crop for its starchy stem and root.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
Definition of Abyssinian banana in US English:
Abyssinian banana
noun
historical
The ensete, Ensete ventricosum, a relative of the banana native to north-east Africa where it is cultivated as a food crop for its starchy stem and root.