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MUSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Musa mean?
• MUSA (noun)
The noun MUSA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
Familiarity information: MUSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Musa; Musa
Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Musa" is a member of...):
banana family; family Musaceae; Musaceae (treelike tropical Asian herbs)
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