Banana_treeWordNet Explorer

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

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

type genus of the Musaceae: bananas

low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit

Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan

a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit

Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc