Musa

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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) 2.0 [wn]:

  Musa
       n : type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: {genus Musa}]