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 Mu·sa prop. n.; pl. Musae   Bot. A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (Musa paradisiaca of Linnaeus, 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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 Musa ensete
      n : large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped
          leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas
          but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus
          Musa [syn: Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, Ensete
          ventricosum]