Noun | 1. | ![]() liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Abyssinian 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 |