musaceous

English

Etymology

From the family name Musaceae +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjuːˈseɪʃəs/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

musaceous (comparative more musaceous, superlative most musaceous)

1. Pertaining to a banana or plantain.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     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