musa ensete

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Musa ensete
    n 1: large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped
         leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but
         edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
         [syn: {Abyssinian banana}, {Ethiopian banana}, {Ensete
         ventricosum}, {Musa ensete}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Musa \Mu"sa\, prop. n.; pl. {Musae}. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza,
   banana.] (Bot.)
   A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great
   size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum}), the plantain
   ({Musa paradisiaca} of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct
   species), the Abyssinian ({Musa Ensete}), the Philippine
   Island ({Musa textilis}, which yields Manila hemp), and about
   eighteen other species. See Illust. of {Banana} and
   {Plantain}.
   [1913 Webster]