English > banana tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits. |
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| Synonym | banana |
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| Member of | Musa, genus Musa | type genus of the Musaceae |
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| Narrower | Japanese banana, Musa basjoo | Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan |
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| abaca, Manila hemp, Musa textilis | Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc |
| dwarf banana, Musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit |
| edible banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum | Widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit |
| plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca | A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | banana, bananero, banano, plátano |
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| Catalan | banana, plàtan |
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