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Definition of Musa sapientum

Musa sapientum
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.
Musa sapientum
Banana Ba*na"na, n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste, and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a native of tropical countries, and furnishes an important article of food. Banana bird (Zo["o]l.), a small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx), which feeds on the banana. Banana quit (Zo["o]l.), a small bird of tropical America, of the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.

Meaning of Musa sapientum from wikipedia

- dessert bananas. Linnaeus's name for dessert bananas, Musa sapientum, is thus a synonym of Musa × paradisiaca. Almost all cultivated plantains and many...
- to as Musa sapientum. It has since been discovered that Musa sapientum is a hybrid cultivar of the wild seeded bananas Musa balbisiana and Musa a****inata...
- 'Red' Musa sapientum L. f. rubra Bail. Musa sapientum L. var. rubra (Firm.) Baker Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz. Musa × paradisiaca L. ssp. sapientum (L.) ****ze...
- for different species (notably Musa sapientum by Linnaeus which is now known to be a hybrid of M. a****inata and Musa balbisiana), Colla's publication...
- hybrids or polyploids of two wild banana species - Musa a****inata and Musa balbisiana. Linnaeus' Musa sapientum is now identified to be the hybrid Latundan cultivar...
- ISBN 978-0-471-31014-3. Davies, Peter N. (1 January 1990). Fyffes and the Banana: Musa Sapientum : a Centenary History, 1888-1988. Athlone Press. pp. 23–51. ISBN 978-0-485-11382-2...
- Linnaeus's Musa sapientum and Musa paradisiaca were cultivars and descendants of two wild seed-producing species, Musa a****inata and Musa balbisiana,...
- uses as food: Musa paradisiaca for plantains and Musa sapientum for dessert bananas. Both are now known to be hybrids between the species Musa a****inata (A...
- Musa balbisiana, also known simply as plantain, is a wild-type species of banana. It is one of the ancestors of modern cultivated bananas, along with Musa...
- Synonyms include: Musa × paradisiaca L. cultigroup Plantain cv. 'Saba' Musa sapientum L. var. compressa (Blanco) N.G.Teodoro 'Saba' is known in English as...