Ensete
- noun
- /ɛnˈseɪti/
- Specialized
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Ensete
- Farmers use the leaves of Ensete to wrap and store food.
Examples
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The Ensete plant is sometimes called the false banana due to its resemblance to the true banana.
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The Ensete plant thrives in tropical climates.
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The highlands of Ethiopia are well known for their cultivation of Ensete.
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Farmers in Ethiopia cultivate Ensetes for food.
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The farmers in Ethiopia cultivate Ensete to make traditional dishes like kocho.
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Many people are surprised to learn that Ensete can grow in various tropical climates.
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The Ensete plant is essential for the livelihoods of many communities in East Africa.
Synonyms
Large leafy plants from Africa and Asia like the Abyssinian banana grown for leaves or food roots
Compounds
- Specialized
A large African plant that looks like a banana tree with very big leaves and edible young shoots
- Specialized
A large African plant like a banana whose fruit people do not eat but whose young shoots people eat
- Specialized
Large leafy plants from Africa and Asia like the Abyssinian banana grown for leaves or food roots
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Ensete comes from the Ethiopian name enset, the plant people in Ethiopia call the 'false banana' because it looks like a banana plant. So Ensete today is the name for that group of large tropical plants in the banana family.
