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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Musa
      n : type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: genus Musa]