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- Musa - n. - A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, 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.
- Musaceous - a. - Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa.
- Musae - pl. - of Musa
- Musal - a. - Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry.
- Musang - n. - A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.
- Musar - n. - An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe.
- Musard - v. i. - A dreamer; an absent-minded person.