musa paradisiaca

English Thesaurus

1. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	banana, banana tree,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	plantain,
definition	:	starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics (noun.food)