Musaceae

plural noun

Mu·​sa·​ce·​ae

myüˈzāsēˌē

: a family of trees or arborescent herbs (order Musales) that have clustered flowers subtended by spathaceous bracts, a perianth of two petaloid series, five anthers with one staminodium, and a baccate or capsular fruit

musaceous

-āshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Musa, type genus + -aceae

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