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plantain

noun

1 plantain

Any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally.

Dutch: weegbree
Polish: babka

2 plantain

A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics.

synonyms: Musa paradisiaca, plantain tree.

3 plantain

Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.


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