GENUS MUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Musa mean? 

• GENUS MUSA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MUSA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Musaceae: bananas

  Familiarity information: GENUS MUSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MUSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Musaceae: bananas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Musa; Musa

Hypernyms ("genus Musa" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Musa"):

banana; banana tree (any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits)

Holonyms ("genus Musa" is a member of...):

banana family; family Musaceae; Musaceae (treelike tropical Asian herbs)