Ethiopian banana

Ethiopian banana
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
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Ensete, ↑genus Ensete

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