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for Musa
From 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Musa
n 1: type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: Musa, genus
Musa]
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