Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Musa"
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) 1.7 (wn)
Musa
n : type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: {Musa}, {genus
Musa}]
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