abyssinian banana

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abyssinian banana - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Abyssinian banana
      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]