musa : Idioms & Phrases

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genus musa

  • noun type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
    Musa.
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jebel musa

  • noun a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
    Abila; Abyla.
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musa acuminata

  • noun low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit
    dwarf banana.
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musa basjoo

  • noun Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan
    Japanese banana.
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musa ensete

  • noun large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
    Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopian banana; Abyssinian banana.
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musa paradisiaca

  • noun a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
    plantain; plantain tree.
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musa paradisiaca sapientum

  • noun widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit
    edible banana.
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musa textilis

  • noun Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
    Manila hemp; abaca.
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