| Musa (musa) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Mu"sa |
| ; pl.
Musæ (#). [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
Linnæus, 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.
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