WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ensete ventricosum
    n 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
         [syn: Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, Ensete
         ventricosum, Musa ensete]