Abyssinian banana
a large, treelike Ethiopian plant, Ensete ventricosum, of the banana family, having leaves about 15 feet (4 meters) long, whitish flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and dry, inedible fruit.
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- Abyssinian church
. the Monophysitic church founded by Frumentius in the 4th century a.d., and resembling the Coptic Church in doctrine, practice, and discipline, but using Ethiopic in its liturgy.
- Abyssinian gold
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- Abyssinian guinea pig
noun a breed of short-haired guinea pig with rosettes all over its body
- Abyssinian well
a perforated pipe driven into the ground for pumping out collected ground water; wellpoint.