family Musaceae

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Definition

Noun: 1. A taxonomic family of plants: "family Musaceae" is the scientific name for a family of large, treelike herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as the banana family.

Usage Notes
  • "Family Musaceae" is a formal, scientific term used primarily in botany, biology, and horticulture. It is not used in everyday conversation.
  • In standard writing, the family name is often italicized: .
  • When used in a sentence, it typically functions as a collective noun referring to the entire plant family.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • Bananas and plantains belong to the family Musaceae.
    • The botanist specialized in the study of family Musaceae.
    • Plants in family Musaceae are characterized by their large leaves and berry-like fruit.
Advanced Usage
  • Taxonomic Context: The term is used within the hierarchical classification system (taxonomy) for organisms. For example: "The order Zingiberales includes the ."
Variants and Related Words
  • Musaceae (n): The standard abbreviated form of the full family name, "family Musaceae."
  • Musaceous (adj): Relating to or characteristic of the family Musaceae.
    • The garden featured several musaceous plants.
Synonyms
  • Banana family: The common name for family Musaceae.
  • Musaceae: The direct synonym and abbreviated form.
Different Meanings

This term has only one specific meaning in modern English: it refers exclusively to the botanical plant family containing bananas, plantains, and their close relatives (like the genus Musa and Ensete). It does not have other general or idiomatic meanings.

Noun
  1. treelike tropical Asian herbs

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