Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Musa \Mu"sa\, n.; pl. {Mus[ae]}. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza,
   banana.] (Bot.)
   A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great
   size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum}), the plantain
   ({M. paradisiaca} of Linn[ae]us, 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}.