banana tree

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsbanana

   Broaderherb

   Narrowerdwarf bananaJapanese bananaplantainedible bananaabaca

   Part ofMusa

Questions about banana tree

What does banana tree mean?

banana tree means "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".

What is another word for banana tree?

Close synonyms include banana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banana tree a common word?

banana tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.