musa (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Musa*:
NOUN	plant	Musa, genus Musa	type genus of the Musaceae

Musa > pronunciation
Sounds	myuw'sah
Rhymes	balsa ... Walesa: 36 rhymes with sah...

English > *Musa*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	type genus of the Musaceae: bananas.
Synonym	genus Musa
Member of	Musaceae, family Musaceae, banana family	treelike tropical Asian herbs
Members	banana, 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
Broader	monocot genus, liliopsid genus	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanish	género musa, genus musa, musa
Catalan	genus musa, Musa, musa, Mussa

HyperDic: musa