VerbarMusa
prop. n.
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana ( Musa sapientum ), the plantain ( Musa paradisiaca of Linnæus, 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 .
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