Found 2 items, similar to musa.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Musa Musa n : type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: genus Musa]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Musa Musa \Mu"sa\, prop. n.; pl. Mus[ae]. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (Musa paradisiaca of Linn[ae]us, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (Musa Ensete), the Philippine Island (Musa textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain. [1913 Webster]