| a large, treelike Ethiopian plant, Ensete ventricosum, of the banana family, having leaves about 15 ft. (4 m) long, whitish flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and dry, inedible fruit. |
| abyssinian banana | |
noun | |
| 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 |