1. tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor • Syn: Monstera deliciosa • Hypernyms: monstera • Part Meronyms: monstera 2. tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor • Syn: monstera • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: Monstera deliciosa