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 Meaning of MUSA
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  type genus of the Musaceae: bananas |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | genus Musa |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | banana, banana family, banana tree, family Musaceae, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, Musaceae |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Mu"sa\, n.; pl. {Mus[ae]}. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza,
banana.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great
size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum}), the plantain
({M. paradisiaca} of Linn[ae]us, but probably not a distinct
species), the Abyssinian ({M. Ensete}), the Philippine Island
({M. textilis}, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen
other species. See Illust. of {Banana} and {Plantain}.
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