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enset

enset is the alternative spelling of ensete.

Meaning of ensete

Noun

ensete (countable and uncountable, plural ensetes)

  1. Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.
    • [T]he figs of the Enſete are not eatable; they are of a tender, ſoft ſubstance; watery, taſteleſs, and in colour and conſiſtence ſimilar to a rotten apricot; they are of a conical form, crooked a little at the lower end, about an inch and a half in length, and an inch in breadth where thickeſt.1790, [James Bruce], “Ensete”, in Select Specimens of Natural History, Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia, volume V, Edinburgh: Printed by...
    Synonyms:
    Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, false banana

Forms of enset

pluralensets

Questions about enset

What is enset the alternative spelling of?
Enset is the alternative spelling of ensete.

Words near enset in the dictionary

  1. enserfing
  2. enserfment
  3. enserfments
  4. enserfs
  5. enses
  6. enset
  7. ensete
  8. ensetes
  9. ensets
  10. ensew
  11. ensewed

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