Mur"za (?), n. One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp.
one of the second class.
This word must not be confounded with the Persian Mirza, though perhaps
of the same origin.
||Mus (?), n.; pl. Mures (#). [L., a mouse.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small
||rodents, including the common mouse and rat.
||Mu"sa (?), n.; pl. Musæ (#). [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.]
||(Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great
||size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M.
||paradisiaca of Linnæus, but probably not a distinct species), the
||Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which
||yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of
||Banana and Plantain.
Mu*sa"ceous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the
genus Musa.