musa
6 points
English
4 letters
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Definitions
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnæus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/mjˈuːsʌ/ · 2 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Rhymes
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