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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
Musa
n 1: type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: Musa, genus
Musa]
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Musa \Mu"sa\, prop. n.; pl. Musae. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (Musa paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (Musa Ensete), the Philippine Island (Musa textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain. [1913 Webster] | ||
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