MUSACEAE


Meaning of MUSACEAE in English

myüˈzāsēˌē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Musa, type genus + -aceae

: a family of trees or arborescent herbs (order Musales) that have clustered flowers subtended by spathaceous bracts, a perianth of two petaloid series, five anthers with one staminodium, and a baccate or capsular fruit

• mu·sa·ceous -āshəs adjective

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