Definition of Abyssinian banana

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Ensete Ventricosum, Ethiopian Banana, Musa Ensete
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Ensete, Genus Ensete

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abyssinian Banana

Abukir
Abukir Bay
Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Ros
Abun
Abuna
Abundius
Abure
Abutilon theophrasti
Abxazo
Aby Moritz Warburg
Aby Warburg
Abydos
Abyla
Abyssinia
Abyssinian
Abyssinian banana (current term)
Abyssinian cat
Abyssinians
Abzu
Ac1-proteinase
Ac2-proteinase
Ac3-proteinase
Ac4-proteinase
Ac5-proteinase
Acacia auriculiformis
Acacia cambegei
Acacia catechu
Acacia dealbata
Acacia farnesiana
Acacia melanoxylon

Literary usage of Abyssinian banana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Abyssinian banana, M. Entête, has dry capsular fruit, and very handsome foliage. PLANTAIN-EATER. ..."

2. The American Fruit Culturist by John Jacobs Thomas (1897)
"... one species, M. Ensete, the great Abyssinian banana, was pronounced by Charles Kings- ley the most beautiful of any he had ever beheld. ..."

3. My Garden, Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"I have tasted in this country the produce of the Abyssinian banana, now so much praised for the beauty of its leaves, both here and in Paris. ..."

4. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"b Midrib of leaf reddish; fruit not fleshy or edible Abyssinian banana. (M. ensete.*) 2 CANNACEAE. Canna Family. i CANNA CANNA. (C. hybrida. ..."

5. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1906)
"... the intention to have a typical representation of semi-tropical trees, such as the orange, golden bamboo, loquat, India rubber tree, Abyssinian banana, ..."

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