Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An Abyssinian name of Musa Ensete, a noble plant of the banana genus. It produces leaves about 20 feet long and 3 or 4 broad, the largest entire leaf as yet known. The flower-stalk, which is as thick as a man's arm, is used for food, but the fruit is worthless.
WordNet 3.0
- n. Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
Examples
“The word ensete signifies the tree against hunger, or the poor's tree, though the most wealthy often eat of it.”
“This tree, which the natives call ensete, is wonderfully useful; its leaves, which are so large as to cover a man, make hangings for rooms, and serve the inhabitants instead of linen for their tables and carpets.”
“(Digitaria exilis), a West African cereal crop also known as "fonio," and ensete”
“Although the potential of sago and ensete for large-scale fuel production is not clear, they may have important local applications,”
“The false banana, ensete (Musa ensete), is a food staple of southwestern Ethiopia and northern Uganda.”
“The ensete tree of Bruce, the leaves of which resemble the banana, with fruit like figs, but not eatable, with a trunk esculent till it reaches its perfect growth and is full of leaves, resembles in some of its particulars a tree described by”
“The Abyssins report that this tree when it is cut down groans like a man, and, on this account, call cutting down an ensete killing it.”
“Ethiopia's most important root crop, the ensete, is so named because of its strong resemblance to the domesticated banana plant. ”
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