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Definition of Musa basjoo
1. Noun. Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musa Basjoo
Literary usage of Musa basjoo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"... fruit plants with pollen of Musa basjoo and M. ornata [two wild species] was
sufficient to produce seeds."6 Seeds may be produced in an ordinarily ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"For instance, as the following things: - To-day a young shoot appeared on a musa
basjoo in the garden. Look! an yellow butterfly is flying there. ..."
3. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1889)
"... Musa basjoo Shinobu Davallia bullata Kawara-nadeshiko Dianthus superbus Ogi
Kind of reed Hagi Lespedeza bicolor ..."
4. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"Last year it was very grand, Musa basjoo. subjected to an increased temperature,
when new roots soon form and begin to grow afresh. ..."
5. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"The fiber of Musa basjoo is of fair strength, good length and luster, and is used
in Japan to some extent in the manufacture of ..."
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