banana tree

DEFINITIONS OF: banana tree

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; Musa acuminata, dwarf banana
low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit; Japanese banana, Musa basjoo
Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan; Musa paradisiaca, plantain, plantain tree
a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics; Musa paradisiaca sapientum, edible banana
widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit; Manila hemp, Musa textilis, abaca
Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc

Type of:: herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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