banana tree
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1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
| definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dwarf banana, musa acuminata, |
| definition | : | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | japanese banana, musa basjoo, |
| definition | : | Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | edible banana, musa paradisiaca sapientum, |
| definition | : | widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | abaca, manila hemp, musa textilis, |
| definition | : | Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus musa, musa, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Musaceae: bananas (noun.plant) |
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