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[syn: Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Musa ensete]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Musa \Mu"sa\, prop. n.; pl. Musae. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza,
banana.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great
size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain
(Musa paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct
species), the Abyssinian (Musa Ensete), the Philippine
Island (Musa textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about
eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and
Plantain.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Musa ensete
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]