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MUSACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Musaceae mean?
• MUSACEAE (noun)
The noun MUSACEAE has 1 sense:
1. treelike tropical Asian herbs
Familiarity information: MUSACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treelike tropical Asian herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
banana family; family Musaceae; Musaceae
Hypernyms ("Musaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Musaceae"):
genus Musa; Musa (type genus of the Musaceae: bananas)
Ensete; genus Ensete (Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas)
Holonyms ("Musaceae" is a member of...):
Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)
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