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Noun: Ethiopian banana
  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 Musa
    - Abyssinian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Musa ensete

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Ensete, genus Ensete

Encyclopedia: Ethiopian banana