MUSA ACUMINATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Musa acuminata mean? 

• MUSA ACUMINATA (noun)
  The noun MUSA ACUMINATA has 1 sense:

1. low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit

  Familiarity information: MUSA ACUMINATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSA ACUMINATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dwarf banana; Musa acuminata

Hypernyms ("Musa acuminata" is a kind of...):

banana; banana tree (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)

Meronyms (parts of "Musa acuminata"):

banana (elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh)