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musae


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Musa  \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}.