musaceousadj.

Brit.

/mjuːˈzeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/mjuˈzeɪʃəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Musaceae , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Musaceae ( C. A. Agardh Aphorismi Botanici (1823) xii. 180; < Musa musa n.¹ + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French musacées, plural (1816), scientific Latin Musae, order name (A. L. de Jussieu, 1789).

Of, relating to, or designating the family (formerly order) Musaceae of monocotyledonous plants, which includes bananas and tropical plantains; (gen.) of or relating to bananas.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Musaceae > [adjective]

musaceous1852

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. xiii. 429 A plant of the musaceous family.

1915 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42 315 For a number of years the writer has contemplated publishing a revision of the musaceous genus Bihai.

1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 10 There grows among all the rooms..the fragile, musaceous odor of Breakfast.

1993 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 80 1264 We reexamined the musaceous seeds from Colombia that previously were described as Tertiary fossils.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musaceous
释义	musaceousadj. Brit. /mjuːˈzeɪʃəs/, U.S. /mjuˈzeɪʃəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Musaceae , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Musaceae ( C. A. Agardh Aphorismi Botanici (1823) xii. 180; < Musa musa n.¹ + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French musacées, plural (1816), scientific Latin Musae, order name (A. L. de Jussieu, 1789). Of, relating to, or designating the family (formerly order) Musaceae of monocotyledonous plants, which includes bananas and tropical plantains; (gen.) of or relating to bananas. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Musaceae > [adjective] musaceous1852 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. xiii. 429 A plant of the musaceous family. 1915 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42 315 For a number of years the writer has contemplated publishing a revision of the musaceous genus Bihai. 1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 10 There grows among all the rooms..the fragile, musaceous odor of Breakfast. 1993 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 80 1264 We reexamined the musaceous seeds from Colombia that previously were described as Tertiary fossils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852
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