genus Musa

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Musa - type genus of the Musaceae: bananasMusaliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedbanana family, family Musaceae, Musaceae - treelike tropical Asian herbsbanana, banana tree - any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits