MUSA TEXTILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Musa textilis mean? 

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

1. Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSA TEXTILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

abaca; Manila hemp; Musa textilis

Hypernyms ("Musa textilis" 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)