Musa paradisiaca : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Musa paradisiaca	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Musa paradisiaca
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Musa paradisiaca n a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics Synonym(s): plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [Cf. F. plantain-arbre, plantanier, Sp. pl[a0]ntano, pl[a0]tano; prob. same word as plane tree.] 1. (Bot.) A treelike perennial herb ({Musa paradisiaca}) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See {Musa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Plantain cutter}, [or] {Plantain eater} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or family {Musophagid[91]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}. See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos. {Plantain squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus plantani}) which feeds upon plantains. {Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}. See def. 1 (above).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adam \Ad"am\, n. 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. 2. (As a symbol) [bd]Original sin;[b8] human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. {Adam's ale}, water. [Coll.] {Adam's apple}. 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca}). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton. (b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta}). 2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. {Adam's flannel} (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus}). {Adam's needle} (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca}) of liliaceous plants.