Definition of Musa ensete

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Abyssinian Banana, Ensete Ventricosum, Ethiopian Banana
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Ensete, Genus Ensete

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musa Ensete

Murraymania
Murree
Murrinh-Patha
Murrow
Murrumbidgee
Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee jam
Murrumbidgee jams
Murugan
Murutucu virus
MusD
Mus musculus
Musa
Musa acuminata
Musa basjoo
Musa ensete
Musa paradisiaca
Musa paradisiaca sapientum
Musa textilis
Musaceae
Musales
Musca
Musca domestica
Muscadet
Muscardinus
Muscardinus avellanarius
Muscari
Muscari comosum
Muscari neglectum
Muscat

Literary usage of Musa ensete

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"musa ensete.—The coco-nut.—River and beach drift of Hawaii.—Comparison of the beach drift of the Old and New Worlds.—Summary. THE BEACH DRIFT OF TEMPERATE ..."

2. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"A grand plant to associate with cannas, because it serves to greatly develop and perfect their special foliage effect, is the banana plant (musa ensete). ..."

3. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"The Musas are among the very best of the large-leaved decorative plants, Musa ensete having the largest leaves. It is much used in subtropical gardening, ..."

4. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"... of musa ensete they are ' completely limited to the cortical layer, and have a very sinuous, almost zigzag course, especially in the lower part. ..."

5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"An odd single specimen of musa ensete looks very fine here now, ... You have in the Pare Monceau a group of musa ensete worth making a journey to see, ..."

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