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    ENSETE VENTRICOSUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 Musaplay

    Synonyms:

    Abyssinian banana; Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopian banana; Musa ensete

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Ensete ventricosum" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("Ensete ventricosum" is a member of...):

    Ensete; genus Ensete (Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas)

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