- a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit.
- the fruit, especially that ofM. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.
- any of several tropical and subtropical herbaceous treelike plants of the musaceous genus Musa, esp M. sapientum, a widely cultivated species propagated from suckers and having hanging clusters of edible fruit
- the crescent-shaped fruit of any of these plants
