BANANA FAMILY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Treelike tropical Asian herbs

Synonyms:

banana family; family Musaceae; Musaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("banana family" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "banana family"):

genus Musa; Musa (type genus of the Musaceae: bananas)

Ensete; genus Ensete (Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas)

Holonyms ("banana family" is a member of...):

Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)