» banana tree
Noun (1 meaning)
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.
banana tree is a type of:
- herb, herbaceous plant (noun) - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem
types of banana tree:
- Japanese banana, Musa basjoo (noun) - Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan
- abaca, Manila hemp, Musa textilis (noun) - Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
- dwarf banana, Musa acuminata (noun) - low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit
- edible banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum (noun) - widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit
- plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca (noun) - a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits
banana tree is a member of:
- Musa, genus Musa (noun) - type genus of the Musaceae: bananas