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musa |
2 definitions found 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Musa n : type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: {Musa}, {genus Musa}]
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