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banana family

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Noun1.banana family - treelike tropical Asian herbs
liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Musales, order Musales - tropical plants
genus Musa, Musa - type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
Ensete, genus Ensete - Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas


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Cannas are in the banana family (Musaceae) and their leaves are like the big green paddles of banana trees.
Provexis and the company will develop a medical food product that incorporates a bioactive extract from plantain, which is part of the banana family.
From Trinidad, I carried on with a roti - a pancake-like bread stuffed with curried chicken and served with fried plantain (a member of the banana family which tastes a bit like potato).
 
 
 
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