genus musa

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1. type genus of the Musaceae: bananas (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	banana, banana tree,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	banana family, family musaceae, musaceae,
definition	:	treelike tropical Asian herbs (noun.plant)