Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Juba \Ju"ba\, n.; pl. {Jub[ae]} (-b[=e]). [L., a mane.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) The mane of an animal.

   2. (Bot.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces,
      as in certain grasses.