Gros Michel

English

Etymology

From French banane Gros Michel.

Noun

Gros Michel (plural Gros Michels)

1. A triploid cultivar of banana, popular in the early 20th century, predominant in the marketplace, but wiped out as a commercial cultivar mid-20th century by Panama disease.

Synonyms

• Big Mike

Coordinate terms

• Cavendish

 

Translations

Translations

• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Cambodian: please add this translation if you can
• French: Gros Michel f, Grosse Michel f
• Indonesian: Pisang Ambon
• Malay: Pisang Ambon, [Arabic needed]
• Malaysian: Pisang Ambon
• Spanish: Guineo Gigante, Banano, Plátano Roatán
• Thai: please add this translation if you can