Musa ensete

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Noun1.Musa ensete - large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shootsMusa 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
Abyssinian banana, Ensete ventricosum, Ethiopian banana
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Ensete, genus Ensete - Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
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I grow Musa ensete from seed as a centrepiece to large tubs, around which I plant begonias or petunias.
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Other suitable bananas are musa ensete, which resembles the fruit sold in our shops, or the extraordinary musa pardisiaca.
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