Definition of Ensete ventricosum

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensete Ventricosum

Enlightenment
Enlil
Enna
Enobakhare
Enoch
Enos
Enosis
Enovid
Enrico Caruso
Enrico Fermi
Enrolled Bill
Enrolled Bills
Enron
Ens.
Ensete
Ensete ventricosum (current term)
Ensis
Entamoeba buccalis
Entamoeba coli
Entamoeba gingivalis
Entamoeba hartmanni
Entamoeba moshkovskii
Entandrophragma
Entandrophragma cylindricum
Entebbe
Entelea
Entemopoxvirus
Enter
Enterobacter
Enterobacter aerogenes

Literary usage of Ensete ventricosum

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

1. Famine in Ethiopia: Policy Implications of Coping Failure at National and by Patrick Webb, Joachim Von Braun, Yisehac Yohannes (1992)
"... dependent on root crops, such as enset (Ensete ventricosum, an indigenous tuber) and cassava, and cash crops, such as coffee, sugarcane, and chat. ..."

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