DWARF BANANA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dwarf banana; Musa acuminata

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("dwarf banana" is a kind of...):

banana; banana tree (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)

Meronyms (parts of "dwarf banana"):

banana (elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh)

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