genus Ensete

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Ensete - Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananasEnseteliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedbanana family, family Musaceae, Musaceae - treelike tropical Asian herbsAbyssinian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Ethiopian banana, Musa ensete - 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