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MUSA PARADISIACA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
Synonyms:
Musa paradisiaca; plantain; plantain tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Musa paradisiaca" 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 "Musa paradisiaca"):
plantain (starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics)