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banana family
noun
treelike tropical Asian herbs
Syn: ↑Musaceae, ↑family Musaceae
Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Musales, ↑order Musales
Member Meronyms: ↑Musa, ↑genus Musa, ↑Ensete, ↑genus Ensete

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noun
: musaceae

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the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.

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banana family,
a group of monocotyledonous, tropical herbs, often treelike in size and appearance, having an unbranched stem and a capsule or berry as the fruit. This family includes the banana, plantain, and traveler's-tree.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.