Complete Definition of "musaceous"

English

Etymology
From the genus name Musa < LL. musa < Arab. ARchar|��ز mawz.

Pronunciation
IPA|/mju:'seɪ��s/
:rhymes|eɪ��s

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Pertaining to a banana or plantain.

#:*1973: Now there grows among all the rooms, replacing the night�s old smoke, alcohol and sweat, the fragile, musaceous odor of Breakfast: flowery, permeating, surprising � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity�s Rainbow

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