Musae

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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}.
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