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Definition of Musa paradisiaca
1. Noun. A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musa Paradisiaca
Literary usage of Musa paradisiaca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"There is but one species of this genus, which is a native of the West Indies at
Puerto Rico, where it is cultivated with musa paradisiaca and Lepidium ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1906)
"Saba, corresponding to musa paradisiaca compressa Blanco. 2. M. sp. A wild banana
is sparingly found in the river canons in the forests at an altitude of ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1823)
"This is usually quoted as the musa paradisiaca ; and when Linnaeus wrote the
Flora Zeylanica, he knew no other species. No plant having had more care ..."
4. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"It is also less aromatic and pungent. Value, Us. 50 per candy of 7 cwts.
musa paradisiaca, Linn., Rheede Hort. Mai. t., t. ..."
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